Press releases

Aug

2020

Anna Michalak Named Director of Global Ecology

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Anna Michalak has been named the Director of Carnegie’s Department of Global Ecology. As a world-renowned researcher, her leadership will be invaluable as Carnegie works to rebuild the ...

Mar

2020

Expanded Pasadena presence deepens Carnegie's relationship with Caltech

By Carnegie HQ

The Carnegie Institution for Science is consolidating our California research departments into an expanded presence in Pasadena. With this move, we are building on our existing relationship with ...

Mar

2020

Is there a technological solution to aquatic dead zones?

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Could pumping oxygen-rich surface water into the depths of lakes, estuaries, and coastal ocean waters help ameliorate dangerous dead zones? New work led by Carnegie’s David Koweek and ...

Feb

2020

How do the climate effects of air pollution impact the global economy?

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Aerosol emissions from burning coal and wood are dangerous to human health, but it turns out that by cooling the Earth they also diminish global economic inequality, according to a ...

Nov

2019

Who controls whom: Algae or sea anemone?

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Bleached anemones—those lacking symbiotic algae—do not move toward light, a behaviour exhibited by healthy, symbiotic anemones. Published in Coral Reefs , this finding from Carnegie’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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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