http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:23:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/30/healthy-oceans-charting-a-new-course/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/30/healthy-oceans-charting-a-new-course/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:53:21 +0000 Jeremy Hinsdale http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=25849 Leading up to Rio+20, on April 25th the United Nations hosted “Healthy Oceans: Charting A New Course,” a panel discussion which brought together a range of experts to discuss the fate of the world’s oceans and what can be done to protect them.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/30/healthy-oceans-charting-a-new-course/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/25/live-from-the-bottom-of-the-seafloor/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/25/live-from-the-bottom-of-the-seafloor/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:46:37 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17090 Lamont-Doherty scientist Timothy Crone is at sea off the Northwest U.S. coast, dropping sensors into the deep ocean as part of a major initiative to better understand oceans, climate and plate tectonics. Watch a live video feed from the latest dive at 3 p.m. EST.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/25/live-from-the-bottom-of-the-seafloor/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/11/can-the-oceans-keep-mopping-up-carbon-dioxide/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/11/can-the-oceans-keep-mopping-up-carbon-dioxide/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:36:12 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16161 The oceans absorb nearly a third of the carbon dioxide humans put into the air, and this has helped offset CO2's potential to warm global temperatures. But many researchers think the oceans are struggling to keep pace with rising emissions. A new study looks at 30 years of data to see how natural variability and human influence are affecting the oceans' ability to take in CO2.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/11/can-the-oceans-keep-mopping-up-carbon-dioxide/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/08/time-and-technology-and-the-really-down-deep/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/08/time-and-technology-and-the-really-down-deep/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:20:12 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15362 Two years before Google Earth was launched, Bill Ryan and Suzanne Carbotte, oceanographers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, began a project to transform the way we look at the ocean. They started collecting reams of data that had been gathered by scientists sailing on research vessels all over the world since the 1980s, one ship [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/08/time-and-technology-and-the-really-down-deep/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/23/switchyard-project-a-very-successful-year/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/23/switchyard-project-a-very-successful-year/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 14:19:52 +0000 Ronny Friedrich http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14939 The 2011 field season has been a very very successful year, in fact the most successful one we have ever had. The weather has been great, the equipment proved to be mostly reliable, the people have been great and the samples are plenty. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/23/switchyard-project-a-very-successful-year/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/17/switchyard-project-melting-ice-a-fresher-arctic/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/17/switchyard-project-melting-ice-a-fresher-arctic/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 15:12:21 +0000 Ronny Friedrich http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14789 The freshwater content of the Arctic Ocean is increasing as the Earth’s climate warms. Chemical analysis indicates that the source is both melting ice and the Pacific Ocean.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/17/switchyard-project-melting-ice-a-fresher-arctic/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/10/switchyard-project-new-sampling-record/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/10/switchyard-project-new-sampling-record/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 00:44:11 +0000 Ronny Friedrich http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14569 May 10: We celebrated the sampling of our 10th station yesterday. These are more stations than we were ever able to get water samples from. Because of the ongoing good weather, we will certainly get one more station today, and hopefully many more during the next couple of days. So watch the posted video and celebrate with us. The video shows [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/10/switchyard-project-new-sampling-record/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/09/switchyard-project-sampling-success/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/09/switchyard-project-sampling-success/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 14:16:25 +0000 Ronny Friedrich http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14491 The past 1½ weeks have been very successful. Our team from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory was able to obtain water samples from eight stations, while the team from the University of Washington has already broken their all-time record of the past years of 18 stations. Today (May 7) is actually the first day we can’t fly [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/09/switchyard-project-sampling-success/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/05/switchyard-project-rescue-operation/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/05/switchyard-project-rescue-operation/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 16:42:34 +0000 Ronny Friedrich http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14401 Four people who tried to ski from the North Pole to Greenland got stuck on the ice and ran out of food. Since our team was out on the ice for sampling close to their location, we stopped sampling and picked them up.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/05/switchyard-project-rescue-operation/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/03/switchyard-project-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-the-weather/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/03/switchyard-project-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-the-weather/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 13:37:13 +0000 Ronny Friedrich http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14355 One can only imagine what kind of a pilot one has to be to fly in the arctic regions and land on sea-ice under weather conditions as we have experienced already – fog above the ice and clouds covering the area with very low visibility. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/03/switchyard-project-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-the-weather/feed/ 0