Scientists and Awards

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (227+ words) Dr. Anna Bergstrom, a core member of our Good Fire project, has received a prestigious National Science... Dr. Anna Bergstrom, a core member of our Good Fire project, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to investigate…...

7+ hour, 8+ min ago   (572+ words) A chinstrap penguin on snow. Climate change is the most likely factor, as winter temperatures near the Antarctic Peninsula have climbed 5C above preindustrial levels. Warmer seas have pushed krill, the main food of chinstraps, further south. Macaroni penguins eat a…...

14+ hour, 1+ min ago   (514+ words) On Sept. 23, the American Geophysical Union awarded Earth and planetary sciences professor Sarah Slotznik the Takesi Nagata Early Career Award, a recognition presented annually to an Earth scientist who has “excelled in research and service to the fields of geomagnetism,…...

16+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1070+ words) Monday, March 16, 2026 | 2 a.m. When scientists look at the effects of a warming planet on wildlife, the news is almost universally grim. Animals and plants are falling out of sync with each other. Ecosystems are fraying. Coral reefs are dying. Ice is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (99+ words) Fill out this form to contact EPA's Office of Research and Development about the Science Matters Newsletter and Researchers at Work profiles. Please use the form below to send us comments or questions. Be sure to include your e-mail address…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (300+ words) The MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC) has awarded 20 projects a total of $5 million over two years in its first-ever 2022 MCSC Seed Awards program. The winning projects are led by principal investigators across all five of MIT’s schools. The goal…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (247+ words) Cambridge Network Six Inches of Soil filmmakers named in The Independent's Climate 100 List 2026 Director and founder of Dragonlight films, Colin Ramsay and Producer Claire Mackenzie, the driving force behind the regenerative farming documentary Six Inches of Soil, have been named…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (249+ words) In the vast, icy waters off Antarctica, a drifting iceberg recently set the stage for a scientific surprise. When a massive chunk broke from the Larsen C ice shelf in 2017 and moved away, it revealed a part of the seafloor…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (159+ words) Star Beacon Small Craft Advisory until SAT 4:00 AM EDT GENEVA — The city is a finalist for the Environmental Champion Award, to be announced Oct. 8 at a dinner in Columbus, according to a press release from Power a Clean Future…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (694+ words) image: Tony Hunter, recipient of the 2026 Albany Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, stands in his lab at the Salk Institute. view more LA JOLLA (October 2, 2026)—Tony Hunter, PhD, American Cancer Society Professor and Renato Dulbecco Chair at Salk, has…...