Posts for tag "Columbia University"
Imaging Foraminifera Shell Formation Clarifies Sediment Samples
A study led in part by scientists at University of Washington pinpoints the beginnings of foraminifera shell formation.
- Posted October 26, 2016
Plant Respiration Increase Due To Global Warming Likely Not As Large As Predicted
Like people and animals, plants also work harder as the temperature rises, respiring at higher rates. But as researchers from the Earth Institute at Columbia University explain in a release, plant respiration may not increase as much...
- Posted April 13, 2016
Bad Air Linked To Emotional Problems In Children
Kids behaving badly? A new study says air pollution may be to blame, according to a press release from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute researchers collaborated on...
- Posted March 24, 2016
U. Bristol, Columbia Scientists Say Volcanic Collapse Can Cause Mega Tsunamis
A chance find of stranded boulders in the Cape Verde islands leads U. Bristol researchers on an isotopic hunt to investigate a mega tsunami event.
- Posted October 19, 2015
Global Warming Has Worsened California Drought
Drought in California is likely due at least in part to natural weather fluctuations, but global warming has made it approximately 25 percent worse, according to a release from the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Higher temperatures...
- Posted August 26, 2015
Research Cruise Pinpoints Phytoplankton’s Critical Role In Marine Phosphorus Cycle
A study from Columbia University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute details a more complex marine phosphorus cycle in which phytoplankton play a vital part.
- Posted May 28, 2015
