Just as tree rings chronicle past climates, isotopic patterns in coral track historical shifts in ocean currents. According to a recent study in the journal Nature Geoscience, the western boundary current of the Pacific Ocean, a key regulator of sea surface temperatures and weather patterns, has si
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a team of researchers from Boston College’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences a four-year, $6.2 million grant to study water quality and sediment transport in watersheds and along coastlines of the United States, U.S. Sen. Edward Markey announced on March 28.
According to a new study, fly ash (leftover particles from coal-burning) constitute from 37% to 72% of all particulate organic carbon carried by the Yangtze River in China, or about 200,000 to 400,000 tons of carbon annually.