climate change

Rising carbon dioxide levels, ocean acidity may change crucial marine process

Published: April 27, 2017 | 4:30 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A type of cyanobacteria called Trichodesmium

Climate change may be putting cyanobacteria that are crucial to the functioning of the ocean at risk as the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases and the acidity of ocean water changes. In a paper published Thursday in Science, a team of researchers from Florida State University, Xiamen University in China and Princeton […]

Acclaimed climate scientist named 2017-2018 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor

Published: April 5, 2017 | 10:55 am | Posted in: Science & Technology, University News

Jeff Chanton is the John Widmer Winchester Professor of Oceanography in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science.

Jeffrey Chanton, an acclaimed climate scientist who has also done extensive work investigating the effects of the BP oil spill, has been named the 2017-2018 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor, the highest honor given by the Florida State University faculty to one of its own. “Jeff is a tremendous researcher and an asset to the […]

Sunlight or bacteria? Scientists investigate what breaks down permafrost carbon

Published: February 13, 2017 | 2:02 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Assistant Professor of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Robert Spencer is delving into the complexities of exactly how permafrost thawing in the Earth’s most northern regions is cycling back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and further fueling climate change.

A Florida State University researcher is delving into the complexities of exactly how permafrost thawing in the Earth’s most northern regions is cycling back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and further fueling climate change. Answer: It has a lot to do with tiny little bugs called microbes and little to do with sunlight. Assistant […]

FSU scientist’s findings on carbon cycle feed climate research

Published: January 23, 2017 | 3:36 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Michael Stukel, assistant professor of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science

A Florida State University researcher is taking a deep dive into the carbon cycle and investigating how carbon moves from the ocean surface to greater depths and then remains there for hundreds of years. Those findings could be critical as scientists work to better understand climate change and how much carbon the Earth’s atmosphere and […]

Study: Warming global temperatures may not affect carbon stored deep in northern peatlands

Published: December 13, 2016 | 9:31 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

The SPRUCE research project is spread across seven acres in a natural spruce bog in northern Minnesota. Image credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/U.S. Department of Energy

Deep stores of carbon in northern peatlands may be safe from rising temperatures, according to a team of researchers from several U.S.-based institutions. And that is good news for now, the researchers said. Florida State University research scientist Rachel Wilson and University of Oregon graduate student Anya Hopple are the first authors on a new […]

FSU geography professor receives $1M CDC grant to address climate impact on health

Published: September 28, 2016 | 4:21 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, Health & Medicine

Assistant Professor of Geography Chris Uejio

A Florida State University professor has received a $1.07 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help county health departments across Florida adapt to problems created by changing environmental factors such as climate change. Assistant Professor of Geography Chris Uejio and his students will work with individual Florida counties to assess […]

From FSU to Arctic Russia: Research leads grad student on a unique trip

Published: July 29, 2016 | 10:40 am | Posted in: Science & Technology, Students & Campus Life

When Sarah Ellen Johnston decided to come to Florida State University last year, she knew there was a good chance she’d be on the road a bit when it came to research. “That was one of the reasons for coming here,” she said. “I knew there were a lot of international research opportunities.” Johnston’s adviser, […]

Search FSU

climate change

Sidebar