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Institute for Research on Global Climate Change

Institute for Research on Global Climate Change. Florida Institute of Technology. Terrestrial Paleoecology. Institute for Research on Global Climate Change. Lake sediments provide many ways to extract information about past climates. Diatoms. Fossil pollen and charcoal.

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Institute for Research on Global Climate Change

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  1. Institute for Research on Global Climate Change Florida Institute of Technology

  2. Terrestrial Paleoecology Institute for Research on Global Climate Change

  3. Lake sediments provide many ways to extract information about past climates Diatoms Fossil pollen and charcoal Sediment color and chemistry Terrestrial Paleoecology

  4. Our South and Central American field sites Terrestrial Paleoecology

  5. We raise sediment cores from ancient lakes Terrestrial Paleoecology Lake Surucuchu, Ecuadorian Andes

  6. The GLAD800 drill rig raising a deep-water core from 230’ water depth from a lake in Guatemala Terrestrial Paleoecology

  7. We investigate cultural collapse and its relationship to climate change Terrestrial Paleoecology

  8. Pollen grains of maize are a clear indication of past agricultural activity Terrestrial Paleoecology

  9. Dr. Bush and undergraduate Chris La Drew investigate a cave in Ecuador for stalagmites Terrestrial Paleoecology

  10. The inside of a stalagmite Each color change indicates a change in precipitation Terrestrial Paleoecology

  11. MarinePaleoecology Institute for Research on Global Climate Change

  12. The animals of Antarctica are unique… Marine Paleoecology

  13. The animals of Antarctica are unique… Sea worm Marine Paleoecology

  14. The animals of Antarctica are unique… Rockhopper penguins Marine Paleoecology

  15. The animals of Antarctica are unique… Gentoo penguins Adelie penguins Marine Paleoecology

  16. The animals of Antarctica are unique… Chinstrap penguins Marine Paleoecology

  17. …but as climate changes Marine Paleoecology

  18. and the Antarctic gets warmer Marine Paleoecology

  19. new animals are appearing Invasive King Crabs Marine Paleoecology

  20. threatening Antarctica’s unique inhabitants Marine Paleoecology

  21. Camping out in the Antarctic wilderness Marine Paleoecology

  22. Dr. Rich Aronson diving into an ice crack in Antarctica Marine Paleoecology

  23. Coral-ReefEcology Institute for Research on Global Climate Change

  24. Microscopic plants live inside corals Coral-Reef Ecology

  25. Coral reefs feed half a billion people worldwide Coral-Reef Ecology

  26. Coral-Reef Ecology

  27. Coral-Reef Ecology

  28. Parrot fish control sea weed on coral reefs Coral-Reef Ecology

  29. Coral reefs are the rainforests of the sea Coral-Reef Ecology

  30. The oceans are warming Tropical Atlantic Tropical Pacific Webster et al 2005. Science 309:1844-46 Santer et al 2006. PNAS 103:13905-10

  31. Coral bleaching, southern Japan (1998)

  32. FIT students measuring the effects of climate change on coral reefs Coral-Reef Ecology

  33. FIT students measuring the effects of climate change on coral reefs Coral-Reef Ecology

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