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Vinícius Mendes collects a sediment sample from a former river terrace of the Parnaíba River in Brazil.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Proxy for Past Precipitation

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 16 September 201910 February 2023

Researchers used luminescence signals from marine sediment cores to bolster estimates of precipitation levels on land over the past 30,000 years.

Rocky, steep-sided desert valley
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The Dawning of the Age of Old Aquifers

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 21 August 201919 July 2022

A new technique using 81Kr can measure the age of old groundwater in arid regions. The method can be used as a proxy for past climates and weather patterns.

A field of penitentes
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Microbes Spotted on Blades of Ice High in the Andes

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 15 August 201912 April 2022

Researchers discover microbial life on ice spires known as penitentes on the arid, sunlight-blasted upper reaches of Llullaillaco, one of the best earthly analogues for Mars.

A gloved hand holding an ice core
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How Ice Cores Are Helping to Track Preindustrial Ozone

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 29 July 20193 April 2023

Research helps allay concerns about discrepancies between atmospheric chemistry models and historical direct measurements.

A research team taking sediment cores on Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Translating Climate Models to the Language of Paleoclimate Data

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 24 May 20194 October 2021

A new model will help climate models better interpret paleoclimate reconstructions derived from lake sediment and could improve predictions of future climatic conditions.

An ancient pine perched on top of a rock outcrop
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Tree Rings Record 19th-Century Anthropogenic Climate Change

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 8 May 20194 April 2023

Paleoclimate records, observational data, and climate modeling capture the influence of human activity on temperature seasonality.

A horizon on the ocean
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Ice Drove Past Indo-Pacific Climate Variance

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 2 April 20192 March 2023

Researchers used both terrestrial and marine proxy data to reconstruct the dramatic and dynamic climatic changes.

The moon rises behind a tree in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in California
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Topography and Microclimate Shape Tree Ring Growth

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 25 March 201915 October 2021

Wizened bristlecone pines in California reveal past climate trends, and new research shows how slight variations in landscape position drive different growth patterns in trees’ annual rings.

An excavation conducted at an Adélie penguin colony on Earle Island (one of theDanger Islands), Antarctica.
Posted inNews

Penguin Poop Keeps a Record of Antarctic Glaciation

by B. Bedford 11 December 20184 October 2021

Scientists are digging up Adélie penguin guano to study millennia of Antarctica’s history.

Neanderthal and human skull
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Neanderthals Likely Ate Rotten Meat

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 10 December 201821 July 2022

Neanderthals have long been painted as meat-eating machines. But could a new look at a dietary proxy and how it changes when meat rots uncover insights into what these extinct hominids really ate?

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