Research
INSTAAR fellow Giff Miller and collaborators document the remnants of a “failed ice age” in a new investigation for Science. The researchers found that Arctic ice had been expanding for more than a thousand years before greenhouse warming abruptly reversed the trend.
Abby Eckland and collaborators have published a new analysis of more than 57,000 U.S. reservoirs. The study found that trapped sediment decreases reservoir storage capacity and reduces resiliency of coastal deltas to sea-level rise.
Pieter Tans led NOAA’s Carbon Cycle Gases Group through its formative years, and Scott Lehman developed a technique to identify the sources of greenhouse gases globally. The two researchers reflect on decades of successful collaboration.
After a decade of work, INSTAAR fellow Bradley Markle and a collaborator published a study revealing how the greenhouse effect governs temperature changes across Antarctica.
Science writer Marissa Grunes takes readers on tour through the diverse research and operations of the Stable Isotope Lab. The lab processes samples from all over the world — revealing new details about Earth’s climate.
INSTAAR fellow Shaily Rahman has just returned from her eighth research cruise in the Mississippi River Delta region of the Gulf of Mexico. Sediment samples from the trip will provide insight into the effects of extreme weather on marine food webs.
Julio Sepúlveda and Edgart Flores spent more than a month aboard a German Research Cruise off the coast of Chile last fall. Now, they hope to unlock a new method for inferring ecological health from water samples.
A new study from INSTAAR postdoc MJ Farruggia investigates the impact of wildfire smoke on aquatic ecosystems in six alpine lakes and ponds in the Sierra Nevada.
An investigation by INSTAAR scientist Robert Brakenridge and collaborators unveils a new method for monitoring water throughout the most important river basin in Southeast Asia.
Cassandra Brooks, Zephyr Sylvester and Alice DuVivier have published a new tool for evaluating ecological value in the Antarctic ocean. Now they are launching a campaign in support of Antarctic ecosystems.