November 9, 2010
Dressed in layers of thermal underwear, a wool sweater, raincoat and balaclava, Cara Magnabosco trekked 2 1/2 miles in below-freezing weather lugging 30 pounds of gear to her research destination each morning.
That's how… more>
categories: undergraduate, undergraduate research
tags: biochemistry, climate, microbiology, national science foundation, natural sciences, svalbard islands, women in science and engineering
June 16, 2010
Days after graduating from USC College in May, David Livingston flew to Honduras and spent a week in a small mountain community, his second trip to the region for outreach work.
Moved by the extensive untouched landscape, he… more>
categories: undergraduate
tags: alumni, award, carnegie, climate, community, energy, fellowship, honduras, international relations, social sciences
January 14, 2010
An enormous plume of freshwater leaves the Amazon River and spreads across the tropical Atlantic Ocean, setting the stage for the symbiosis of some bacteria and algae on a scale that appears to subtly influence the climate of… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: award, biological sciences, biology, climate, national science foundation, natural sciences, ocean, oceanography
September 29, 2006
Everything cold will be a hot topic next March when the International Polar Year (IPY) begins, Donal Manahan of USC College told a committee of U.S. House representatives. Manahan, an Antarctic biologist with more than two… more>
tags: climate, polar science