Nitrogen contained in coral provides evidence of human impact on the open ocean
May 19, 2017 ・ Pooja Makhijani, Office of Communications“Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition is, perhaps, substantially less severe than has been argued,” said Daniel Sigman.
PEI Faculty Seminar Series Video: The Future of Carbon and Heat Uptake by the Ocean: Seeking Insight From the Ice Ages
May 3, 2016 ・ Igor HeifetzHeat uptake by the ocean is slowing the greenhouse gas-driven warming of the atmosphere, and the ocean represents the dominant long-term sink for the carbon dioxide gas deriving from fossil fuel use. However, these beneficial roles of the ocean are…
PEI Faculty Seminar Series Video: Expert Judgment and Uncertainty Quantification for Sea Level Rise
September 15, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzMichael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School. Director, Center for Science Technology and Environmental Policy Structural uncertainty in models presents a longstanding obstacle to estimating future sea level rise. The model-based range of…
Sarmiento Leading Effort to Unmask the Mysteries of the Southern Ocean
November 17, 2016 ・ Holly WellesArticle in Nature describes efforts by Jorge Sarmiento and collaborators to gather first real-time data on processes that govern carbon in the Southern Ocean.
PEI Hosts Fifth Annual Discovery Day
May 10, 2016 ・ Holly P. WellesDiscovery Day is a multidisciplinary poster session celebrating undergraduate senior thesis research on environmental issues.
Crossing Oceans and Disciplinary Borders
April 7, 2016 ・ Igor HeifetzWhen Dr Katye Altieri set out in her postdoctoral research to understand the effects of air pollution on oceans, nobody anticipated the results. A recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) highlighted how little researchers…
SOCCOM Launches Robotic Ocean Probes to Measure Global Warming Impacts
April 6, 2016 ・ Igor HeifetzPEI administered research program, SOCCOM, is deploying 200 probes to monitor seawater chemistry and biological activity in the waters around Antarctica.
