Author Profile: C Sullivan

Publications from C. Sullivan

News 19 November 2015

Ice Loss Benefits Adélie Penguins—For Now

New research that may presage effects of climate change on this species looks back 22,000 years, finding robust growth in the East Antarctic population as melting followed the last ice age.

Biogeosciences

News 4 November 2015

Cave-Dwelling "Slime Curtains" Cycle Nitrogen and Iron

In a cave accessible only by daredevil divers, extraordinary microbial colonies metabolize nitrogen and iron nutrients and possibly remove pollutants from water.

Ocean Sciences

News 3 November 2015

Researchers Track Underwater Avalanches Like Never Before

Using beach ball–like detectors, researchers set out to determine how sediments, which could contain toxic contaminants, travel through submarine canyons to greater depths.

Atmospheric Sciences

News 30 October 2015

Targets of Biggest Global Carbon Emitters Flunk Fairness Test

Pledges so far by the United States, European Union, and China would require all other countries to emit 7 to 14 times less per capita than those three regions by 2030 to limit warming to 2°C.

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Ocean Sciences

News 16 October 2015

This Winter's El Niño Might Only Dent Western U.S. Drought

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its winter weather outlook, which predicts a warm and wet winter in California but not enough rain to eliminate the state's pernicious drought.