LDEO June 2022 Newsletter: Earth Science News
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Exploring Land, Sea, and Air
Fieldwork at Lake Midsommer So (82.1°N, 34.9°W), Pearyland, NE Greenland. July 2021. Credit: Tobias Schneider
Thumbnail descriptions of field projects on land, at sea and in the air, on every continent and every ocean.
We finished our electromagnetic survey and mini-field school in northern Sylhet, Bangladesh, with lectures and field trips to see the geology by car and boat.
In a collaboration that included Columbia researchers, Belmont County residents set up a low-cost sensor network that is helping them fight for clean air.
We were joined in our electromagnetic investigation of the subsurface and earthquake hazard by a group of US and Bangladeshi students and professors for a mini-Field School.
In the Arctic, climate change is upsetting the migratory rhythms of many species, disrupting pollinators, and spelling trouble for ecosystems around the world.
We switched to deploying our equipment for imaging faults and the structure beneath the surface to tea gardens to get away from power lines and buried the cables to protect them from gnawing foxes.
As we continued our geophysical measurements, we had to deal with heavy rains, flooding fields, and rats and foxes biting our cables. Many cables were broken soon after sunset, ruining the measurements.
For the first time, scientists have mapped in detail water locked in a deep basin far under the Antarctic ice. The discovery could have implications for how the continent reacts to, or even contributes to, climate change.
We have come to Bangladesh in the pre-monsoon heat to better image the active faults beneath the surface using electromagnetic instruments. We are using the fallow fields from the just-harvested rice crop for our sites.
Hudson River Field Station
Sharing a few photos from some of our recent field visits from Cottage Lane Elementary School (top left, bottom right), Local Brownie troop (top right), and Rockland Conservation and Service Corps members (bottom left). (Conservation Corps photo by K. Burgos, others M. Turrin)
New Happenings at the Field Station!
In April, we resumed sampling eDNA in partnership with the Hudson River Park, Sarah Lawrence College for Urban Research at Beczak, and the DEC at Norrie Point to see how several migratory fish species are using the Hudson River. Our early spring samples show evidence of Atlantic sturgeon moving past the pier, along with American eel and striped bass.
We recently installed four oyster cages at the end of the pier and will be monitoring them regularly as part of our Community Science program, checking mortality, growth rates, water quality, and cataloging what mobile and sessile organisms share the cages.
On Saturday June 11, we will host the World Fish Migration Day event at the Field Station from 10am to 12pm. Bring your kids and join us!
We have brought in Marisa Annunziato to work with us for the field season to help with our field programs, community science projects, and our Science Saturday events! Science Saturday will take place every Saturday starting June 18 from 11am to 3pm at the Pier. See you there!
Education
After a summer break, Earth Institute LIVE K12 will resume in the fall, featuring live lectures and interactive activities with our scientists and experts for K-12 students, educators, and families!
Check out our rich archive of past sessions, including our most recent event, Natural History of the Hudson River with Lamont marine geologist and geophysicist Frank Nitsche (Grades 9-12).
Earth Series lectures are important conversations with experts hosted by Columbia Climate School founding dean Alex Halliday. Stay tuned for information on upcoming Earth Series lectures, and view recordings of these recent ones:
Climate Change and the Future of Our Cities: A Special Earth Day Presentation with Columbia GSAPP professor/dean emerita Amale Andraos and Columbia Engineering professor Andrew Smyth
Activism in Adaptation: Addressing Coastal Resilience and Climate Justice with Columbia GSAPP Urban Design Program director Kate Orff and Lamont-Doherty polar scientist Marco Tedesco
Feeding the World: Climate Change and the Global Diet with Columbia Climate School co-founding dean Ruth DeFries and International Research Institute for Climate and Society director John Furlow
A Breathtaking Challenge: Charting the Course for Cleaner Air with Columbia Engineering's Faye McNeil and Lamont climate scientist Dan Westervelt
Lamont in the Media (Selected Stories)
Sandstorm Wave Sweeps Middle East, Sending Thousands to Hospitals
Washington Post
Water Scarcity in a Changing Climate: Will Drought Get Worse with Warming
Climate Feedback
Cities Brace for Apocalyptic Flooding As New Age of Super Storms Dawn
Newsweek
Air Pollution Can Mean More, or Fewer, Hurricanes. It Depends Where You Live
New York Times
Study Finds Cleaner Air Leads to More Atlantic Hurricanes
AP News
Tri-State Area Bracing for More Devastating Storms as Hurricane Season Approaches
CBS New York
Making New Climate Data from Old Timber
New Yorker
Massive Amount of Water Found Below Antarctica's Ice Sheet for 1st Time
CNN
Clues from the Sea Paint a Picture of Earth’s Water Cycle
Eos
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