glaciers
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A Collaborative Approach To Comprehending Glacial Retreat
Researchers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Pontificia Universidad Católica in Chile have spent years collaborating to better understand the fluctuations of the Patagonian Ice Sheet and its societal impacts.
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For Good Measure: Scientists Collaborate to Track Sea Level Rise From Glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica
Scientists who study both the ice sheets and nearby peripheral glaciers are working together to improve the accuracy of estimated sea level rise.
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Dam Removal Spurs the Return of Salmon—and a Local Tribe’s Hopes of Sustainable Fishing
For the first time since dams were removed on Washington State’s Elwha River in 2014, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe was able to open a ceremonial and subsistence salmon fishery.
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Grin and Bear It? Reintroducing Grizzlies to the North Cascades Provokes Strong Emotions
Decades after the last grizzly bear was seen in Washington State’s North Cascades, efforts to bring them back have been met with both enthusiasm and resistance.
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Dungeons, Dragons and Environmental Justice: Games Teach Kids Climate Action
A youth organization in Oakland, CA, is transforming a popular role-playing game into a vehicle for climate education and inspiration for the next generation.
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Paving the Way for Backpack Climate Science: North Cascades Glacier Climate Project Turns 40
Forty years after Mauri Pelto began studying the glaciers in northern Washington, much has changed about the glaciers, the project and the people involved.
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Dredging up New York City’s Glacial Memory
Glaciologist Elizabeth Case spoke to New Yorkers about the role glaciers have played in designing the city’s landscape.
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Washington’s Volcanoes Are Experiencing Seismic Tremors from an Unlikely Source: Glaciers
At three Cascade Range volcanos, glacier movement is causing tremors that visitors and even people in nearby cities have been able to feel.
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Science and Heritage: The Ice Memory Foundation’s Mission for the Planet
As climate change threatens an uncertain future, an international foundation is collecting and saving stories from the past in an unusual format: ice cores from disappearing glaciers that act as archives for both data and memories.
Join us on Saturday, October 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Open House! Celebrate 75 years of science with us at our beautiful Palisades, NY campus. The event is free and open to everyone, with a suggested $5 donation. Learn More and RSVP
