Research
INSTAAR fellow Shaily Rahman has just returned from her eighth research cruise in the Mississippi River Delta region of the Gulf of Mexico. Sediment samples from the trip will provide insight into the effects of extreme weather on marine food webs.
Julio Sepúlveda and Edgart Flores spent more than a month aboard a German Research Cruise off the coast of Chile last fall. Now, they hope to unlock a new method for inferring ecological health from water samples.
A new study from INSTAAR postdoc MJ Farruggia investigates the impact of wildfire smoke on aquatic ecosystems in six alpine lakes and ponds in the Sierra Nevada.
An investigation by INSTAAR scientist Robert Brakenridge and collaborators unveils a new method for monitoring water throughout the most important river basin in Southeast Asia.
Cassandra Brooks, Zephyr Sylvester and Alice DuVivier have published a new tool for evaluating ecological value in the Antarctic ocean. Now they are launching a campaign in support of Antarctic ecosystems.
New York Times journalists followed the mountain hydrology lab on recent a winter excursion to Niwot Ridge. The researchers were measuring snow on the landscape in real time in order to calibrate data from an overhead satellite.
Journalist Cody Cottier tells the story of the Oleksy lab's summer expedition to an alpine lake in the San Juan range. The scientists are investigating the source of a mysterious algal bloom that was first spotted by a ranger in 2021.
A recent alum of INSTAAR's organic chemistry lab is the founder of a new climate tech startup called Vycarb. The company amplifies natural processes in the ocean to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Mountain lakes are the "canary in the coal mine" for how ecosystems are responding to climate change. That's according to the Mountain Liminology Lab's Mary Jade Farruggia, who was featured in an article from the Aspen Times this week.
INSTAAR fellow Riley Mulhern is launching a new study to evaluate the efficacy of home treatment options for PFAS in a contaminated area outside of Spokane, Washington.