Ecology22
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Data Science Students Team Up With Marine Biologist
The students are using deep learning and neural networks to create an automated system that classifies plankton for large-scale oceanographic studies.
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Banning Plastic Bags, Town by Town: a Guide
If you’re already doing your part to reduce, reuse and recycle, what more can you do? Start by thinking bigger, but not too big — one community at a time.
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What’s Really Feeding Long Island’s Destructive Brown Tides?
A new study shows that phosphorus and nitrogen should be reduced to mitigate harmful algae blooms in coastal NY waters.
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Contest Highlights Stunning Photos of Nature and Fieldwork
The contest, hosted Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology celebrates the beauty of their work.
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Climate-Driven Fires Could Turn Yellowstone Forests to Grassland By Midcentury
A new study shows that some of Yellowstone National Park’s forests may be at a climate tipping point, and could be replaced by grassland by the middle of this century.
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The Truly Serious Side of Roadkill
A new film how India’s fast-expanding road networks is fragmenting the few remaining refuges of many endangered creatures. The results are hard to watch.
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Scientists Work to Build Climate Change Resilience in Caribbean Coral Reef
A team from Columbia’s Earth Institute is helping to research and design adaptation strategies to help save the world’s second largest barrier reef.
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Tools of the Trade: A Peek Inside the Bog-Coring Lab of Dorothy Peteet
What’s a bog corer? And how do seeds help scientists learn about the earth’s past? A paleoecologist explains the most important items in her toolkit.
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How Road Salt Harms the Environment
Recent research indicates that salt is accumulating in the environment and poses an emerging threat both to ecosystems and human health.
You Asked invites you to share your most pressing questions about climate, science, and sustainability. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School experts will respond with clear, evidence-based answers. Pose your questions and story ideas!
