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Patricia Kelley, Geography and Geology, and co-PI Gregory Dietl, Cornell University, received $119,999 from NSF for "REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Biodiversity Conservation."

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Environmental Change in an Eggshell: Adelie penguin history offers valuable lessons and warnings

The Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, roughtly the size of the Yukon Territory of Canada, towers over the Ross Sea with ice cliffs as high as 200 feet. For millions of years this ice sheet has retreated and advanced, proving that climate change is nothing new. Yet, until recently there has been no precise way to measure the shifting interface between shore, ice and open water or to document exactly when these changes occured. Marine ornithologist Steven D. Emslie, professor of biology and marine biology, has discovered a way to measure the advance and retreat of the Ross Ice Shelf. read more...