http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Wed, 22 May 2013 16:33:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/07/an-interactive-map-of-scientific-fieldwork/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/07/an-interactive-map-of-scientific-fieldwork/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 20:21:07 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26205 Earth Institute scientists explore how the physical world works on every continent -- over and under the arctic ice, in the grasslands of Mongolia, on volcanoes in Patagonia, over subduction zones in Papua New Guinea, and on the streets of New York City.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/07/an-interactive-map-of-scientific-fieldwork/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/2011/05/26/tree-rings-open-door-on-1100-years-of-el-nino/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/26/tree-rings-open-door-on-1100-years-of-el-nino/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 19:18:21 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15069 Scientists have used tree-ring data from the American Southwest to reconstruct a 1,100-year history of the El Niño cycle that shows that, when the earth warms, the climate acts up. The research may improve scientists’ ability to predict future climate and the effects of global warming.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/26/tree-rings-open-door-on-1100-years-of-el-nino/feed/ 1