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With coral bleaching spreading as coastal waters warm, Lamont scientists are turning to ocean enthusiasts for help. We launched a new project and app this month called Bleach Patrol that turns surfers, divers, snorkelers and other lovers of the ocean into citizen scientists, keeping an eye on the world’s coral reefs. Find out how you can help.
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Greenland's snowy surface has been getting darker over the past two decades, absorbing more heat from the Sun and increasing snow melt, a new study led by Lamont's Marco Tedesco shows. He finds that that trend is likely to continue, with the surface's reflectivity, or albedo, decreasing by as much as 10 percent by the end of the century.
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The Ozarks contain some of the most productive and diverse forests in the United States. They also sit in a warming “hole,” where the progressive rise in temperature affecting most of the continent hasn’t yet taken hold. Lamont's Park Williams leads a team studying how these forests might shift — or even disappear — when climate change catches up.
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In the years before the Syrian conflict erupted, a severe drought set in across the Levant, destroying crops, restricting water supplies and spurring farm-to-city migration in the already water-stressed region. A new study led by Lamont's Ben Cook finds that the recent drought was the Levant’s most severe in at least 500 years and likely more than 900 years.
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New research and more powerful computer models are advancing scientists’ ability to tease apart the forces that can worsen extreme weather. In a new report, a committee of the National Academy of Sciences, including Lamont’s Adam Sobel, assesses the young field of attribution studies.
Read Adam Sobel's Washington Post article
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Mercury’s dark surface is revealing intriguing new clues about the formation of the solar system, including evidence that the planet closest to the Sun may have formed in part from carbon, a key component of life. Lamont Director Sean Solomon, who led the MESSENGER mission as principal investigator, explains in a new study.
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At Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, our work provides the scientific foundation for understanding global risks, recognizing their environmental causes and consequences, and making better choices that can reduce their future impact. We are pleased to share our scientists’ work and explore their global impact through our 2015 Annual Report.
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Upcoming Events
Sun-Earth Day – Join our scientists at the American Museum of Natural History March 19
Our Common Home – Art Lerner-Lam joins other luminaries to discuss climate change at New York's Cooper Union March 24
First Rock from the Sun – Sean Solomon discusses Mercury and the MESSENGER mission at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, D.C., April 13
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