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Aug

2022

More fertilizer and heavier monsoons spell future trouble for rivers in India

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— India could be facing a water quality crisis as climate change affects the monsoon season, according to a new study from Carnegie’s Anna Michalak and Eva Sinha published in ...

Jul

2022

Carnegie’s Edgar Virgüez named Duke University trustee

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Carnegie postdoctoral researcher Edgar Virgüez was named Friday one of four new trustees of Duke University. He will serve a three-year term, the first year as an observer. Virgüez ...

Jun

2022

Carnegie DEI grant enables intern to test algal resilience to climate change

By Leslie Willoughby

Intern Hannah Menghis with Adrien Burlacot

As part of an effort to build bridges between Carnegie’s outreach initiatives, an intern from the D.C.-based Carnegie Academy for Science Education, Hannah Menghis, spent two months working on the ...

Jun

2022

Sustainable irrigation can feed billions, make agriculture resilient to climate change

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— As climate change shifts precipitation patterns, irrigation can be a powerful tool for increasing the world’s food supply—feeding more than a billion additional people without ...

Mar

2022

New faculty at Carnegie's Department of Global Ecology bring a range of expertise

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— New powerhouse scientific talent with broad expertise ranging from marine and freshwater biogeochemistry to terrestrial ecosystem science to climate change adaptation and mitigation ...

Feb

2022

Nuclear power may be the key to least-cost, zero-emission electricity systems

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Nuclear power generation can play a crucial role in helping the world reach a key goal of zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century, especially in countries with low wind ...

Jan

2022

DGE Founding Director Chris Field Wins Japans Prize

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— The founding Director of Carnegie’s Department of Global Ecology and former Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group II has been awarded the 2022 ...

Jan

2022

Joseph Berry Honored as AAAS Fellow

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected Carnegie ...

Sep

2021

Carnegie scientists speak with STEM students

By Leslie Willoughby

Science students Ramella Suber and Ahmeda Turay participated in the 2021 Summer STARS program.

Washington, DC — This past July, scientists from Carnegie Science’s Department of Global Ecology took part in one of the institution’s outreach programs: Summer STARS . The scientists virtually spoke ...

Sep

2021

Carnegie Scientist Anna Michalak awarded AGU Simpson Medal

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Carnegie Department of Global Ecology Director Anna Michalak will be honored with the American Geophysical Union’s Simpson Medal. It will be presented at the organization’s annual ...

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