Robert Newton

Research Scientist

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Geochemistry

107 Comer

61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000

Palisades

10964-8000

Phone:

(845) 365-8686

Fax:

(845) 365-8155

bnewton@ldeo.columbia.edu

Fields of interest:

Physical Oceanography, Arctic Climate Change, Large-scale isotope tracer distributions in the ocean, nutrient cycling in the Arctic Ocean and the Hudson Valley

Some of my projects include:

Environmental Tracers Group at LDEO ( details )
World Ocean Chemistry Experiment ( details )
Arctic Freshwater Initiative ( details )

Education

List of degrees from highest to lowest:

Ph. D., Earth and Environmental Sciences

Columbia University

2001

M.Phil., Earth and Environmental Sciences

Columbia University

1996

A.B.D., Mathematics

Graduate Center of the City University of New York

1982

B.S., Social Theory, Structure and Change

Empire State College, SUNY

1978

Lamont Projects:

Secondary School Field Research Program (SSFRP)

Educational Activities:

LEEFS GK-12 Fellowship

SSFRP (Lamont's H.S. field program)

Referenced in the Following News Items:

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Featured in the Following Videos:

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Selected Publications:

Mantle helium reveals Southern Ocean hydrothermal venting, Winckler, G.; Newton, R.; Schlosser, P.;Crone, T , Geophysical Research Letters, (2010), 10.1029/2009GL042093

Freshwater distribution in the Arctic Ocean: simulation with a high-resolution model and model-data comparison., Newton, R., Schlosser, P., Martinson, D.G., and Maslowski, M. , Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 113, Issue C5, p.C05024, (2008)

A simple model of the Arctic Ocean response to annular wind stress anomalies., Newton, R., Tremblay, B., Cane, M., and Schlosser, P. , Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 111, Issue C9, p.C09019, (2006)

Elements of the global Ocean Circulation inferred from the WOCE tritium and C-14 data sets, Schlosser, P.; Jenkins, W.; Key, R.; Newton, R.; Roether, W.; Top, Z. , Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Jun, Volume 68, Issue 11, p.A489-A489, (2004)

Decrease of river runoff in the upper waters of the Eurasian Basin, Arctic Ocean, between 1991 and 1996: Evidence from delta O-18 data, Schlosser, P.; Newton, R.; Ekwurzel, B.; Khatiwala, S.; Mortlock, R.; Fairbanks, R. , Geophysical Research Letters, May 1, Volume 29, Issue 9, p.-, (2002), Doi 10.1029/2001gl013135