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Apr

2019

Changes in rainfall and temperatures have already impacted water quality

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Changes in temperature and precipitation have already impacted the amount of nitrogen introduced into U.S. waterways, according to new research from a team of three Carnegie ...

Mar

2019

Sea anemones ingest plastic microfibers

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Tiny fragments of plastic in the ocean are consumed by sea anemones along with their food, and bleached anemones retain these microfibers longer than healthy ones, according to new ...

Feb

2019

Can we address climate change without sacrificing water quality?

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Strategies for limiting climate change must take into account their potential impact on water quality through nutrient overload, according to a new study from Carnegie’s Eva Sinha and ...

Feb

2019

Predicting how forests in the western United States will respond to changing climate

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— On the mountain slopes of the western United States, climate can play a major role in determining which tree communities will thrive in the harshest conditions, according to new work ...

Feb

2019

Carl Sagan Lecture by Ken Caldeira at the 2018 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting

By Elizabeth Susskind

Here is a link to the transcript of Ken's entertaining and informative lecture, delivered at the AGU Conference in December 2018" . Caldeira-Carl Sagan Lecture December 2018

Jan

2019

China not “walking the walk” on methane emissions

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Chinese regulations on coal mining have not curbed the nation’s growing methane emissions as intended, says new research from a team led by Carnegie’s Scot Miller and Anna Michalak. ...

Jan

2019

Carbon isotopic fractionation on coral reef related to benthic community composition

By Leslie Willoughby

David Koweek samples coral on One Tree Island, photo: Aaron Ninokawa

Using carbon stable isotopes to track coral reef metabolism, David Koweek, along with Ken Caldeira and former Carnegie postdocs Rebecca Albright and Yui Takeshita, looked at how carbon isotopic ...

Jan

2019

AGU Awards: Zihan Chen for Outstanding Student Presentation

By Leslie Willoughby

Zihan Chen, who joined DGE during summer 2018 as an undergraduate intern in CLab, was awarded an Outstanding Student Presentation Award for his poster on his summer research at the 2018 AGU Fall ...

Jan

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

2018

Anna Michalak interview on climate report

By Leslie Willoughby

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, ...

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