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World’s melting glaciers making large contribution to sea rise
May 16th, 2013While 99 percent of Earth’s land ice is locked up in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the remaining ice in the world’s glaciers contributed just as much to sea rise as the two ice sheets combined from 2003 to 2009, says a new study led by Clark University and involving INSTAAR Fellow Tad Pfeffer.
INSTAAR-mentored high school student wins Regional Special Award at Intel Science Fair
April 20th, 2013High school junior Monro Obenauer won a special award from the Colorado Geological Survey at last month's prestigious Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Mentored by INSTAAR grad student Stephanie Higgins, Obenauer's research was on eroding islands in Bangladesh.
Deep ice cores show past Greenland warm period may be ‘road map’ for continued warming of planet
January 24th, 2013New results from the international NEEM deep ice core drilling project on Greenland, analyzing cores going back in time more than 100,000 years, indicates the last interglacial period may be a good analog for where the planet is headed in terms of increasing greenhouse gases and rising temperatures.
Undergraduate Hana Fancher designs own research project melding environmental science, engineering
January 22nd, 2013Hana Fancher didn't wait for graduation to change the world. The undergraduate developed her own research project studying methane emissions from palm oil plantation wastewater ponds—a project that encouraged the plantation to build an anaerobic digester to power its processing and reduce greenhouse gases.
Mark F. Meier Fund set up to honor the memory of leading glaciologist, former INSTAAR director
December 14th, 2012Mark Meier, part of the INSTAAR family since the 1980s, passed away November 25th. Those wishing to make a donation in his honor might consider the Mark F. Meier Memorial Fund or program support for the Takács Quartet.
Mark F. Meier, 1926-2012
November 29th, 2012We are deeply saddened by the loss of glaciologist and director emeritus Mark Meier, who passed away Sunday.