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Our Office of Research nurtures our community of established and future environmental leaders through proposal development, programmatic engagement, and compliance support.
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Bringing together high-impact centers, institutes, and initiatives, we support a continuum of research, from basic discovery to societal solutions.
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Research News
Ancient Ocean Sediments Reveal Analog to Human-Influenced Warming
Analyses of tiny shelled creatures from the distant past allow scientists to understand what might happen to the climate today.
How Greenland’s Ice Holds Clues to Our Future
Greenland is melting—but why and how quickly is the subject of research by polar climate scientist Marco Tedesco.
Ancient Plant, Insect Bits Confirm Greenland Melted in Recent Geologic Past
Bits of plants and insects under thousands of meters of ice at the center of Greenland show that tundra existed there within the last million years.