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Oct

2019

Lakes worldwide are experiencing more-severe algal blooms; climate change is likely hampering recovery efforts

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— The intensity of summer algal blooms has increased over the past three decades, according to a first-ever global survey of dozens of large, freshwater lakes, which was conducted by ...

Oct

2019

Lakes worldwide are experiencing more-severe algal blooms; climate change likely hampering recovery efforts

By Carnegie HQ

Sep

2019

National Postdoc Appreciation Week!

By Clare Tuma

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! September 16 - 20, 2019 Exciting Events Coming Up: 9/17 (Tuesday) 3pm to 4pm: Ice cream and social hour 9/18 (Wednesday) 12pm: Lunch reception 9/18 ( ...

Aug

2019

Would a carbon tax help to innovate more-efficient energy use?

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Taxing carbon emissions would drive innovation and lead to improved energy efficiency, according to a new paper published in Joule from Carnegie’s Rong Wang (now at Fudan University ...

Aug

2019

Geoengineering versus a volcano

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Major volcanic eruptions spew ash particles into the atmosphere, which reflect some of the Sun’s radiation back into space and cool the planet. But could this effect be intentionally ...

Aug

2019

Coral growth, respiration and metabolism

By Leslie Willoughby

Dr. Manoela Romano de Orte of Caldeira Lab studies coral growth, respiration and metabolism using the CISME underwater respirometer device. Lizard Island, Australia

Jul

2019

Remote sensing of terrestrial vegetation

By Leslie Willoughby

High Sierra near Mammoth Lakes, CA shows vegetated and nonvegetated surfaces.

A novel approach developed by the Berry Lab is opening a new window for remote sensing of terrestrial vegetation on incompletely vegetated surfaces across the planet. For decades scientists have been ...

Jul

2019

Two-degree climate goal attainable without early infrastructure retirement

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— If power plants, boilers, furnaces, vehicles, and other energy infrastructure is not marked for early retirement, the world will fail to meet the 1.5-degree Celsius climate- ...

May

2019

Circular lineage - Caldeira/Cao/Duan

By Leslie Willoughby

Long Cao, Lei Duan and Ken Caldeira at Duan's defense

Lei Duan will become the first postdoc in the Ken Caldeira lab who studied under a former postdoc in that lab. Duan successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, “A Modeling Study of the Climate ...

May

2019

Two New Venture Grants Awarded

By Carnegie HQ

The Office of the President has selected two new Carnegie Venture Grants. Peter Driscoll of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism and Sally June Tracy of the Geophysical Laboratory were awarded a ...

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