J. Zinke, M. Pfeiffer, T. Felis, Author at Eos

A coral reef in the northern Red Sea has massive Porites colonies that are often used in paleoclimate research.

Science Updates

Reconstructing Climate and Environment from Coral Archives

by J. Zinke, M. Pfeiffer and T. Felis 9 April 20188 March 2022

Tropical Coral Archives—Reconstructions of Climate and Environment Beyond the Instrumental Record at Society-Relevant Timescales; Bremen, Germany, 28 September 2017

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.