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Important paleoenvironmental perspectives on modern climate change

Important paleoenvironmental perspectives on modern climate change

Many fundamental questions exist about how natural systems are responding and will respond to climate change. Our modern observational record (from...

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Friday's Findings - January 12, 2024

Friday's Findings - January 12, 2024

Title:  Ancient human footprints in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum

Speakers:  Kathleen Springer and Jeff Pigati, Research Geologists...

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Going to Extremes to Uncover the Secrets of Dinosaur's Ponderosa Pine

Going to Extremes to Uncover the Secrets of Dinosaur's Ponderosa Pine

When resource specialists with the National Park Service noticed some peculiar patterns in Ponderosa pine trees in their park, they sent out a call to...

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Climate R&D Poster Sessions and Presentations at the 2023 AGU Meeting

Climate R&D Poster Sessions and Presentations at the 2023 AGU Meeting

Are you attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting this year in San Francisco? Don't miss these presentations and poster sessions...

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The USGS Updates Major Climate Change Visualization Tool

The USGS Updates Major Climate Change Visualization Tool

The USGS recently updated its National Climate Change Viewer (NCCV), a premier web application for visualizing climate projections across the...

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Study confirms age of oldest fossil human footprints in North America

Study confirms age of oldest fossil human footprints in North America

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — New research reaffirms that human footprints found in White Sands National Park, NM, date to the Last Glacial Maximum, placing...

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A long-term assessment of ecosystem resilience in a protected grassland in the southwest US Canyonlands

A long-term assessment of ecosystem resilience in a protected grassland in the southwest US Canyonlands

In a rare, never-grazed, and undisturbed grassland in the southwest US, researchers conducted a multi-decadal study to assess how a protected...

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Friday's Findings - July 14 2023

Friday's Findings - July 14 2023

Title: New Insight into Past Climate from Clamshell Proxy Records

Speaker: Madelyn J. Mette, Research Geologist, USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and...

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