West Antarctica, also known as Lesser Antarctica, is one of the two major regions that make up Antarctica—it is located in the Western Hemisphere and is separated from East Antarctica by the ...

A team of scientists, engineers, and ship's crew on the research vessel Neil Armstrong operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) recently collected a 38-foot-long cylindrical ...

DNA metabarcoding (DNA-MB) targeting the whole plankton community is a promising approach in studies of sediment samples from water bodies, but its effectiveness in ancient material is not well ...

Carbonate mud represents a major reservoir in the global carbon cycle 1 and one of the main sedimentary archives for reconstructing climate 2,3. Despite these important roles, the origin of carbonate ...

A piece of the frozen marine sediment core sample. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the ...

Lacustrine turbidites offer a reliable record of seismic activity. A typical sedimentary sequence is produced when a turbidity current moves downslope. If the current generates enough energy, this ...

Hadley Blodgett ’26 of Buckfield, Maine, spends a lot of time thinking about just that — time. In a laboratory in Carnegie Science Hall, as she conducts research for her senior thesis, Blodgett gazes ...