Marine scientist Matthew Costa is used to digging into research—literally. Over the course of his PhD program at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Costa frequently muddied his hands ...

They specifically looked at fossil pollen data sourced from 386 sediment cores records taken from lakes across North America. Sediment cores are samples taken from the bottom of a lake that preserve ...

Analysis of core samples extracted from beneath an ice sheet indicates that the region is extremely responsive to the temperatures characteristic of today’s interglacial period. Researchers involved ...

Since the discovery 50 years ago of subglacial lakes in Antarctica—some of the least accessible geological features on Earth—scientists have attempted to extract lake bed sediment to learn about the ...

First surveyed in 1998, the Sur Pockmark Fields stretch along California’s central coastline and lie in an area ripe for future wind energy installations. Using a fleet of underwater robots to gather ...

Lacustrine turbidites offer a reliable record of seismic activity. A typical sedimentary sequence is produced when a turbidity current moves downslope. If the current generates enough energy, this ...

A sign posted on the portion Leslie Run that runs along side the East Palestine nature walk on state Route 170 warns residents to stay out of the waterway. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...

Dr. Trisha Spanbauer is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences. She analyzed sediment cores taken from lakes across North America in a research article she co-authored in ...