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UA Scientists Find Evidence of Roman Period Megadrought

By Guest PostNovember 6, 2011Environment, Scienceannual growth rings of trees, bristlecone pine tree, chronology, climate, cody routson, colorado river, connie woodhouse, core, dendrochronology, extreme drought conditions, geoscientists, jonathan overpeck, la niña, medieval period, multi decade drought period, primary drainage, rio grande, rocky landscapes of alpine or near alpine mountain slopes, san juan bristlecone pines, san juan drainage, san juan rivers, second century a d, shelley littin, south central colorado, southern san juan mountains, southwestern aridity, southwestern u.s, tree bark, tropical pacific ocean, university of arizona

*A new study at the UA’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research has revealed a previously unknown multi-decade drought period in the second century A.D. The findings give evidence that extended periods of aridity have occurred at intervals throughout our past.*

Almost nine hundred years ago, in the mid-12^th century, the southwestern U.S. was in the middle of a multi-decade megadrought. It was the most recent extended period of severe drought known for this region. But it was not the first.

The second century A.D. saw an extended dry period of more than 100 years characterized by a multi-decade drought lasting nearly 50 years, says a new study from scientists at the University of Arizona. (more…)

Ice Cores Yield Rich History of Climate Change

By Guest PostFebruary 4, 2011EnvironmentAntarctica, atmosphere, borehole, carbon dioxide, climate history, climate record, concentration of greenhouse gases, core, coring, earth, gases, human activity, ice, ice core, isotopic composition, julie palais, kendrick taylor, krypton, logging, russia, sample, temperature of the ocean, vostok station, wais, west antarctic ice sheet divide, xenon

*Research project completes drilling for the year, reaching two miles below West Antarctic Ice Sheet*

On Friday, Jan. 28 in Antarctica, a research team investigating the last 100,000 years of Earth’s climate history reached an important milestone completing the main ice core to a depth of 3,331 meters (10,928 feet) at West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS). The project will be completed over the next two years with some additional coring and borehole logging to obtain additional information and samples of the ice for the study of the climate record contained in the core.

As part of the project, begun six years ago, the team, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), has been drilling deep into the ice at the WAIS Divide site and recovering and analyzing ice cores for clues about how changes in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have influenced the Earth’s climate over time. (more…)

Study Improves Understanding of Method for Creating Multi-Metal Nanoparticles

By Guest PostDecember 18, 2010Sciencealloy nanoparticles, atoms, chemical reactions, core, digestive ripening, electric field of light, environmental applications, gold, gold core, gold silver alloy, industrial, joe tracy, multi component metal nanoparticles, nanoparticles, optical properties, security technology, shell nanoparticles, silver, silver shell, single metal nanoparticles, synthesis, technique, tunable properties, two metals

A new study from researchers at North Carolina State University sheds light on how a technique that is commonly used for making single-metal nanoparticles can be extended to create nanoparticles consisting of two metals – and that have tunable properties. The study also provides insight into the optical properties of some of these nanoparticles.

Tuning the optical properties of nanoparticles is of interest for applications such as security technology, and for use in making chemical reactions more efficient – which has multiple industrial and environmental applications. (more…)

Time Running Out to Save Climate Record Held in Unique Eastern European Alps Glacier

By Guest PostDecember 12, 2010Environmentalto dell ortles, ancient climate, climatic change, core, drill, eastern alps, eastern european alps, ecosystems, glacier, global warming, ground penetrating radar, high altitude sites, ice, ice field, ohio state university, ortles site, paolo gabrielli, thickness of the glacier

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A preliminary look at an ice field atop the highest mountain in the eastern European Alps suggests that the glacier may hold records of ancient climate extending back as much as a thousand years.

Researchers warn, however, that the record may soon be lost as global warming takes its toll on these high-altitude sites, according to a new study in the Journal of Glaciology.

The glacier, Alto dell’Ortles, is the highest large ice body in the eastern Alps, reaching an altitude of 12,812 feet (3,905 meters) above sea level. It is small, though, measuring barely 0.4 square miles (1.04 square kilometers), and only 10 percent of that is likely to hold a good climate record, the researchers said. (more…)

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UA Scientists Find Evidence of Roman Period Megadrought

Ice Cores Yield Rich History of Climate Change

Study Improves Understanding of Method for Creating Multi-Metal Nanoparticles

Time Running Out to Save Climate Record Held in Unique Eastern European Alps Glacier