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Earth Sciences PostDoc Alia Lesnek Co-Authored a Study Published in Nature

“Rate of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet will exceed Holocene values this century"

An interdisciplinary team of scientists used reconstructions of climate & former ice sheet extent to model the past, present, & future of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Future ice loss will be more extreme than any time in the past 12,000 years unless global carbon emissions are curbed.

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Earth Sciences PostDoc Alia Lesnek Co-Authored a Study Published in Nature

“Rate of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet will exceed Holocene values this century"

An interdisciplinary team of scientists used reconstructions of climate & former ice sheet extent to model the past, present, & future of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Future ice loss will be more extreme than any time in the past 12,000 years unless global carbon emissions are curbed.

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Larry Mayer

Named Chair the U.S. National Committee for the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

The National Academies is introducing a national committee that will serve as the voice of the U.S. scientific community during the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, which will run from 2021 to 2030. The U.S. National Committee for the Decade is comprised of the experts who...

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Larry Mayer

Named Chair the U.S. National Committee for the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

The National Academies is introducing a national committee that will serve as the voice of the U.S. scientific community during the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, which will run from 2021 to 2030. The U.S. National Committee for the Decade is comprised of the experts who...

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A Movement Not A Moment

Working to have Black voices heard

Tamara Marcus, NRESS Ph.D. candidate, helped cofound the Advocates for Social Justice in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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A Movement Not A Moment

Working to have Black voices heard

Tamara Marcus, NRESS Ph.D. candidate, helped cofound the Advocates for Social Justice in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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Wildcat Spotlight

Peter Haber '21

Using Magnetostratigraphy to Find the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary in La Colonia Formation, Patagonia, Argentina

Peter Haber's research is featured in UNH Inquiry on the asteroid that collided with the Yucatan Peninsula approximately 66 million years ago, marking the end of the Cretaceous period.

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Wildcat Spotlight

Peter Haber '21

Using Magnetostratigraphy to Find the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary in La Colonia Formation, Patagonia, Argentina

Peter Haber's research is featured in UNH Inquiry on the asteroid that collided with the Yucatan Peninsula approximately 66 million years ago, marking the end of the Cretaceous period.

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Excellence in Teaching

Jo Laird receives Jean C. Brierley Award

Jo Laird, Associate Professor, was awarded the Jean Brierley Award for Excellence in Teaching. The late professor Brierley established an endowed fund in 1973 to recognize the highest level of teaching excellence in any field or discipline at UNH.

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Excellence in Teaching

Jo Laird receives Jean C. Brierley Award

Jo Laird, Associate Professor, was awarded the Jean Brierley Award for Excellence in Teaching. The late professor Brierley established an endowed fund in 1973 to recognize the highest level of teaching excellence in any field or discipline at UNH.

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