She’s an Authority on Earth’s Past. Now, Her Focus Is the Planet’s Future.
The climate scientist Maureen Raymo is leading the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia. She has big plans for science, and diversity, too.
Scientists Warn of Wide Impacts on Midwaters Around Deep-Sea Mining Sites
Interest in deep-sea mining for metals has grown substantially. A new study argues that it poses significant risks not only to the immediate surroundings but also to the water thousands of feet above the seafloor.
In Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’
Park Williams, a bioclimatologist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was the lead researcher on a study published in April that found that conditions in the Southwest from 2000 to 2018 were comparable to several megadroughts since A.D. 800.
Tree Rings Show Unprecedented Rise in Extreme Weather in South America
A new South American Drought Atlas reveals that unprecedented widespread, intense droughts and unusually wet periods have been on the rise since the mid-20th century.
2D Semiconductors Found to Be Close-To-Ideal Fractional Quantum Hall Platform
The finding demonstrates the excellent intrinsic quality of 2D semiconductors and establish them as a unique test platform for future applications in quantum computing.