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Jan
02
2019

Caldeira Lab Loses its Lead Singer

By Elizabeth Susskind
We were sad to lose Anna Possner this last month as she headed off to new pastures in her native Germany. Not only do we lose a brilliant postdoc but we lose our fabulous Lead Singer of the NCCA band ...
Dec
14
2018

Anna Michalak interview on climate report

By Leslie Willoughby
turtle freshwater
Carnegie's Anna Michalak spoke with Sierra magazine about an assessment of the carbon stocks and fluxes in soils, water, vegetation, aquatic-terrestrial interfaces, human settlements, agriculture, ...
Jan
18
2018

Greater future global warming inferred from Earth’s recent energy budget

By Jessamy Barker
Graph comparing the raw and observationally-informed climate model projections from Brown and Caldeira (2017, Nature)
The climate models that project greater amounts of warming this century are the ones that best align with observations of the current climate, according to a new paper from Carnegie’s Patrick Brown and Ken Caldeira published by Nature. Their findings suggest that the models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, on average, may be underestimating future warming.
Aug
10
2017

WHAT MAKES RED ALGAE SO DIFFERENT AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE?

By Jessamy Barker
Porphyra, red algae, clinging to rocks
The red algae called Porphyra and its ancestors have thrived for millions of years in the harsh habitat of the intertidal zone—exposed to fluctuating temperatures, high UV radiation, severe salt ...
Aug
02
2017

Test-news3

By Quinn Zhang
Applying big data analysis to mineralogy offers a way to predict undiscovered minerals, as well as where to find new deposits, according to a groundbreaking study from Carnegie's Robert Hazen and ...

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