Kristine DeLong, Author at Eos

A diver in scuba gear holds a coring device to collect a sample from a coral head on the seafloor in clear, light blue water.

Science Updates

Clues from the Sea Paint a Picture of Earth’s Water Cycle

by Kristine DeLong, Alyssa Atwood, Andrea Moore and Sara Sanchez 4 May 202225 January 2023

New instrumentation and growing modeling needs in the Earth sciences are driving a renewed effort to compile and curate seawater oxygen isotope data in a centralized, accessible database.

A new project is compiling and synthesizing a database of natural archive isotope records to study the hydroclimate.

Science Updates

Piecing Together the Big Picture on Water and Climate

by B. Konecky, L. Comas-Bru, E. Dassié, Kristine DeLong and J. W. Partin 6 April 20187 October 2021

A new database brings together water isotope data from many sources, providing an integrated resource for studying changes in Earth’s hydroclimate over the past 2,000 years.

The MARPA project works to preserve metadata for specimens like this core sample from a coral colony near western Australia.

Science Updates

Saving Our Marine Archives

by E. Dassié, Kristine DeLong, H. Kilbourne, B. Williams, N. Abram, L. Brenner, C. Brahmi, K. M. Cobb, T. Corrège, D. Dissard, J. Emile-Geay, H. Evangelista, M. N. Evans, J. Farmer, T. Felis, M. Gagan, D. P. Gillikin, N. Goodkin, M. Khodri, A. C. Lavagnino, M. LaVigne, C. Lazareth, B. Linsley, J. Lough, H. McGregor, I. S. Nurhati, G. Ouellette, L. Perrin, M. Raymo, B. Rosenheim, M. Sandstrom, B. R. Schöne, A. Sifeddine, S. Stevenson, D. M. Thompson, A. Waite, A. Wanamaker and H. Wu 24 February 20177 October 2021

A concerted effort has begun to gather and preserve archives of marine samples and descriptive data, giving scientists ready access to insights on ancient environments.