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How wetlands contribute to climate change
Dec. 17, 2019
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Written by Discovery: Research at Princeton.

Xinning Zhang, and her laboratory, studies the role that wetlands play in generating methane, a significant greenhouse gas.

Giants of Glacial Geology
Dec. 3, 2019
Emeritus Lincoln Hollister historical facts
Antarctic Ice Cores Offer a Whiff of Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere
Nov. 27, 2019
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Written by Katherine Kornei, EOS
Bubbles of greenhouse gases trapped in ice shed new light on an important climate transition that occurred about a million years ago.
Two million-year-old ice cores provide first direct observations of an ancient climate
Nov. 22, 2019
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Written by Morgan Kelly
Princeton University-led researchers have extracted 2 million-year-old ice cores from Antarctica that provide the first direct observations of Earth’s climate at a time when the furred early ancestors of modern humans still roamed.
What Can a Small Worm Teach Us About Climate Adaptation?
Nov. 21, 2019
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Written by Rebecca Basu, American University

American University researchers sequence genome of the 'devil worm.'

Why are big storms bringing so much more rain? Warming, yes, but also winds
Oct. 30, 2019
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Written by Molly Sharlach, Office of Engineering Communications
For three hurricane seasons in a row, storms with record-breaking rainfall have caused catastrophic flooding in the southern United States: Harvey in 2017, Florence in 2018 and Imelda in 2019.
Congratulations to Dr. Yuzhen Yan for successfully defending his Ph.D. Thesis
Oct. 30, 2019
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Written by Georgette Chalker

The Department of Geosciences and Princeton University congratulates Dr. Yuzhen Yan on successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis: "Climate Snapshots and Gas Records from Antarctic Blue Ice Records: Implications for the Mid-Pleistocene Transition and the Last Intreglacial" on Monday, October 28, 2019.

The ocean as a buffer to climate change
Oct. 29, 2019
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Written by Princeton Enviromental Institute
Professors Laure Resplandy and Daniel Sigman explain how the ocean absorbs heat and carbon dioxide, providing a buffer against climate change. Researchers are modeling the long-term impacts to marine ecosystems and climate. (Video by Video Production Support and the Office of Communications)
Storm surge: Future hazard and defense
Oct. 29, 2019
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Written by Princeton Environmental Institute
Princeton professors Gabriel Vecchi and Sigrid Adriaenssens are investigating new storm surge barrier designs that would protect people, businesses and infrastructure from destructive winds and water. (Video by Video Production Support and the Office of Communications)

 

Browse News Archive - 2019

Zhang receives Simons Early Career Award to study the ocean’s nitrogen producers
May 28, 2019
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Written by Morgan Kelly, Princeton Environmental Institute
Xinning Zhang, assistant professor of geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute, was among nine scientists nationwide to receive a three-year 2019 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Award from the Simons Foundation. An environmental microbiologist, Zhang’s research focuses on understanding how microbial metabolism influences biogeochemical cycling and climate in modern and ancient environments.
Congratulations to Dr. Wenjie Lei for successfully defending his Ph.D. Thesis
May 10, 2019
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Written by Georgette Chalker

The Department of Geosciences and Princeton University congratulates Dr. Wenjie Lei on successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis: "Global Seismic Full-Waveform Inversion" on Wednesday, May 8, 2019.

Science Beyond Guyot: 25 Years of Hess Fellows - A Symposium During Reunions
May 9, 2019
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Written by Sasha (Van Dusen) Turchyn ’97
Science Beyond Guyot: 25 Years of Hess Fellows - A symposium during reunions celebrating the Hess Fellows on Friday, May 31st. Starting at noon.
Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Lueders-Dumont for successfully defending her Ph.D. Thesis
May 6, 2019
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Written by Georgette Chalker

The Department of Geosciences and Princeton University congratulates Dr. Jessica Lueders-Dumont on successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis: "Nitrogen Isotopes of Otolith-Bound Organic Matter: A New Tool for Trophic Reconstruction Using Modern and Fossil Otoliths" on Friday, May 3, 2019.

Princeton geoscientists find new fallout from ‘the collision that changed the world’
April 25, 2019
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Written by Liz Fuller-Wright, Office of Communications
When the landmass that is now the Indian subcontinent slammed into Asia about 50 million years ago, the collision changed the configuration of the continents, the landscape, global climate and more. Now a team of Princeton University scientists has identified one more effect: the oxygen in the world’s oceans increased, altering the conditions for life.