http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/20/collecting-core-data-about-arctic-ecosystems/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/20/collecting-core-data-about-arctic-ecosystems/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 17:53:40 +0000 Rebecca Fowler http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36868 Our team spent most of Friday on the Arctic sea ice, drilling and sampling ice cores at our main field site. For each core collected, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists Andy Juhl and Craig Aumack take a number of different physical, chemical and biological measurements that characterize the ice and the organisms living inside it. Some [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/20/collecting-core-data-about-arctic-ecosystems/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/19/what-lies-beneath-arctic-ice/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/19/what-lies-beneath-arctic-ice/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 07:38:08 +0000 Rebecca Fowler http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36831 On Thursday we lowered a camera into an ice borehole to get a look at the underside of the ice. In the following video, you can clearly see the algae living in the bottom of the ice due to their pigments, which they use to harvest light. These organisms are not frozen into the ice; [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/19/what-lies-beneath-arctic-ice/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/17/ice-capades/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/17/ice-capades/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 10:24:53 +0000 Rebecca Fowler http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36767 Fieldwork is exciting and inspiring, leading scientists to new ideas, places and observations about how the world works. Spring on Alaska’s North Slope provides an especially productive environment for fieldwork. When the sun never sets, it’s easy to linger in the field and the lab long into the well-lit night. Our team spent about six [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/17/ice-capades/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/16/settling-in-to-life-in-the-arctic/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/16/settling-in-to-life-in-the-arctic/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:36 +0000 Rebecca Fowler http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36672 While I arrived in Barrow, Alaska on Tuesday, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists Andy Juhl and Craig Aumack, and graduate student Kyle Kinzler from Arizona State University, got here one week ago. They took a few days to unpack and set up their lab (everything they need to work here must be shipped to Barrow in [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/16/settling-in-to-life-in-the-arctic/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/31/the-earth-institute-practicum-suma-k4734-introduces-students-to-the-research-of-the-earth-institute/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/31/the-earth-institute-practicum-suma-k4734-introduces-students-to-the-research-of-the-earth-institute/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:59:28 +0000 Nathan Rudder http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=29965 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/31/the-earth-institute-practicum-suma-k4734-introduces-students-to-the-research-of-the-earth-institute/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/08/populationbomb/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/08/populationbomb/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:50:33 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=23682 “Thank you for coming on this gorgeous day, to sit in an airless, lightless room and discuss how to save the world,” said John Mutter, director of Columbia’s PhD in Sustainable Development and a member of the Earth Institute faculty, in welcoming the audience of the Sustainable Development Seminar, “The Population Bomb: Defused or Still Ticking?” The seminar brought together a panel of demography and population experts, who, Mutter calculated, shared a total of 121 years’ experience in the field. It became apparent, upon the beginning of the discussion, that the population bomb was not so much ticking, as exploding. The current world population, which is estimated to be 7 billion, is projected to reach 10.2 billion by 2100. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/08/populationbomb/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/23/cerc-symposium-live-coverage-on-twitter/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/23/cerc-symposium-live-coverage-on-twitter/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:34:17 +0000 Brian Kateman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12064 On March 1st, 2011, CERC will host Sustaining Life, Securing Our Future, a day-long symposium that brings together leaders in biodiversity research, conservation, and education to present on the extraordinary diversity of the natural world and its role in securing a sustainable future. CERC will be tweeting live information as the conference unfolds!]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/23/cerc-symposium-live-coverage-on-twitter/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/26/sustaining-discovery-once-fieldwork-is-complete/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/26/sustaining-discovery-once-fieldwork-is-complete/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:00:02 +0000 Dove Pedlosky http://blogs-admin.ei.columbia.edu/?p=4965 Watch a short video about the research of Lamont-Doherty geochemists and learn how you can support it. Researchers from the Earth Institute’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory study the planet’s dynamic earth processes by venturing to the source, whether it be the submerged mountains of the Antarctic, the volcanoes of Southern Italy, or the stalagmite-rich caves of [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/26/sustaining-discovery-once-fieldwork-is-complete/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/30/new-program-tackles-climate-threats-to-food-security/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/30/new-program-tackles-climate-threats-to-food-security/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:19:46 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1624 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/30/new-program-tackles-climate-threats-to-food-security/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/05/04/mudslides-forecasting-risk/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/05/04/mudslides-forecasting-risk/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 19:26:22 +0000 Kim Martineau http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=318 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/05/04/mudslides-forecasting-risk/feed/ 0