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Sep

2017

Green algae could be key to engineering faster-growing crops

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — How do green algae grow so quickly? Two new collaborations offer insight into how these organisms siphon carbon dioxide from the air for use in photosynthesis, a key factor in their ...

Sep

2017

Greg Asner wins grant from Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation

By Carnegie HQ

Global biological diversity is under enormous and increasing threat from habitat loss caused by land use and climate change. Responding to this problem requires strategies that integrate elements of ...

Sep

2017

Carnegie’s Greg Asner Receives Heinz Award for the Environment

By Carnegie HQ

Carnegie staff scientist Greg Asner has been awarded the 22nd Heinz Award for the Environment,* “ for developing ultra-high-resolution imaging technology that provides unprecedented detail on the ...

Aug

2017

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

By Jessamy Barker

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

2017

Incomplete drought recovery may be the new normal

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC — The amount of time it takes for an ecosystem to recover from a drought is an important measure of a drought’s severity. During the 20th century, the total area of land affected by ...

Jul

2017

Projected precipitation increases are bad news for water quality

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC — If climate change is not curbed, increased precipitation could substantially overload U.S. waterways with excess nitrogen, according to a new study from Carnegie’s Eva Sinha and Anna ...

Jul

2017

Could “cocktail geoengineering” save the climate?

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC — Geoengineering is a catch-all term that refers to various theoretical ideas for altering Earth’s energy balance to combat climate change. New research from an international team of ...

Jul

2017

NOAA and partners predict significant summer harmful algal bloom for western Lake Erie

By Carnegie HQ

New satellite data will mean more accurate and detailed Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast System Washington, DC— NOAA and its research partners, including Carnegie's Anna Michalak and Jeff Ho, ...

Jul

2017

Bornean orangutans’ canopy movements flag conservation targets

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC — Bornean orangutans living in forests impacted by human commerce seek areas of denser canopy enclosure, taller trees, and sections with trees of uniform height, according to new ...

Jun

2017

Carnegie Science Global Ecology collaborator wins Kyoto Prize

By Carnegie HQ

The 2017 Kyoto Prize in the Basic Sciences has been awarded to Graham Farquhar, a distinguished professor at The Australian National University and a long-time collaborator of Carnegie scientists in ...

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