Brian McAdoo, Duke University Planetary Health and Disaster Justice With the onset of the Anthropocene, disasters are becoming increasingly commonplace as a supercharged climate produces increasingly frequent and powerful events that impact a variety of vulnerable and marginalized communities.  Unfortunately, … Continued

Dr. Bradley Tolar, University of North Carolina Wilmington Monitoring Seasonal Dynamics of Thaumachaeota Ecotypes in Coastal Marine Systems Thaumarchaeota are among the most abundant organisms on the planet and play a key role in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonia to … Continued

Dr. Anna Ruth Halberstadt, University of Massachusetts Amherst Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability During Warm Periods: Integrating Numerical Modeling with Geologic Data The Antarctic ice sheet is a major contributor to sea level rise, but its response to future warming is … Continued