An analysis published Feb. 26 in the journal Nature Climate Change shows that the wastewater produced during the processing of palm oil is a significant source of heat-trapping methane in the…

A new study bolsters the theory that the first Americans, who are believed to have come over from northeast Asia during the last ice age, may have been isolated on the Bering Land Bridge for thousands…

Astrid Ogilvie is on her way to Iceland as the new Visiting Nansen Professor in Arctic Studies at the University of Akureyri. Ogilvie was awarded the twelve-month appointment by representatives from…

INSTAAR faculty and graduate students will share their research at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting (http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/) held in San Francisco, 9 to 13 December. They…

Both abrupt changes in the physical climate system and steady changes in climate that can trigger abrupt changes in other physical, biological, and human systems present potential threats to nature…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a team of scientists, including INSTAAR director James White, with the most recent Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research…

Average summer temperatures in the Eastern Canadian Arctic during the last 100 years are higher now than during any century in the past 44,000 years and perhaps as long ago as 120,000 years, says a…

Climate Technician Jennifer Morse reports from Niwot Ridge and the Mountain Research Station after the recent historic rains and flooding. Everyone is okay, and the research sites are relatively…

In situ dead vegetation emerging from beneath cold based ice in the eastern Canadian arctic have been shown to provide important constraints on ice…

Full title Trees, hillslopes and other factors that complicate the nitrogen cycle in tropical forests Abstract Sam Weintraub presents her…

Were you aware that new American Geophysical Union author guidelines call for you to cite all data used?  This includes journals such as the…

Abstract Critics of fracking often argue that it represents not just an unsustainable energy policy but also a crisis of democracy. The claim is…

Techniques and tricks of recreational big-wall and trad climbing.

Full title Causes and consequences of mate preference evolution: A case study with Enchenopa treehoppers Future talks EBIO Colloquia schedule…

In situ dead vegetation emerging from beneath cold based ice in the eastern Canadian arctic have been shown to provide important constraints on ice…

Techniques and tricks of recreational big-wall and trad climbing.

Full title Hillslope dissolved organic matter transport and transformation in a semi-arid headwater catchment

Full title Linking topography, hydrology, climate, and ecology in semi-arid forests: Within catchment annual tree growth

Full title Global measurement of nitrous oxide and its stable isotopes using cavity ring-down spectroscopy

TBD, but may address cosmo and terraces or hillslopes geomorphology, CRN/OSL dating, and soils.

The Arctic’s new normal: Shifting environmental baselines over decades to millennia and comparisons with the Antarctic