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The Connection Between Sand in Deep Sea and Ancient Extreme Climate

News - 9 Feb 2023

Geologists are fascinated by the sedimentary cycle, which is the process by which sand is created by mountain erosion and transported to the ocean. This cycle is essential to understanding how the...

Extensive Kelp Forest in the Galapagos Islands Discovered

News - 18 Jan 2023

A project (Seamounts Project) led by the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) found a vast kelp forest on the summit of a seamount at depths of ~50 m in the south of the Galapagos Islands. María...

Researchers Develop First Comprehensive Classification of the World's Ecosystems

News - 13 Oct 2022

A global cross-disciplinary team of scientists led by UNSW Sydney researchers has developed the first comprehensive classification of the world's ecosystems across land, rivers and...

Indigenous Amazonia Populations may have Declined due to Climate Change Before Great Dying

News - 25 May 2021

A new study has proposed that the effects of climate change experienced in the Amazon rainforest before the arrival of European settlers after 1492 might have implied that populations of indigenous...

Current Climate Predictions Do Not Reflect the Impact of Future Rainfall

News - 15 Nov 2019

In recent weeks, communities and homes across the United Kingdom have felt the entire impact of torrential downpours. According to a new study performed by the University of Plymouth, in the days to...

Manmade Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trigger Ocean Biogeochemical Changes Affecting Marine Ecosystems

News - 17 Oct 2013

An ambitious new study that includes Lisa Levin of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego describes the full chain of events by which ocean biogeochemical changes triggered by manmade...

Alcoa Employees Selected to Research Environmental Challenges

News - 20 Aug 2013

Alcoa Foundation announced today in partnership with Earthwatch Institute that 27 Alcoa employees have been selected to research environmental challenges in Brazil, Canada and China. Earthwatch is an...

Investment Needed to Prevent Economic Crisis Ahead Due to Declining Rainfall

News - 25 Jul 2010

A climate-change study at Sandia National Laboratories that models the near-term effects of declining rainfall in each of the 48 U.S. continental states makes clear the economic toll that could occur...

New Models for Sustainable Cities and Landscapes

News - 21 Feb 2010

As engineers and energy companies develop plans for alternative energy production that will allow humans to continue to pursue otherwise unsustainable consumption patterns, Steve Luoni attacks the...

More Funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers

News - 9 Aug 2009

In a major effort to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a new 21st-century energy economy, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for...