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Dimova Attends ‘Blue Carbon’ Workshop in China

Dr. Natasha Dimova, associate professor in The University of Alabama Department of Geological Sciences, recently spent three weeks in Qingdao, China, as part of the Frontiers Forum, an international effort to increase collaborative studies of coastal hydrogeochemistry. Ocean University of China hosted the workshop, which focused on “blue carbon,” the term for carbon captured by…


Severe Droughts Affect Global Communities and Uncover Artifacts

It’s the summer of 2022, and an almost-dry Po River runs through northern Italy. There hasn’t been any rain in nearly four months, and, on average, temperatures are nearly 4-degrees warmer than usual. This unparalleled drought, the most severe over the past two centuries, is likely a manifestation of the effects of global warming. Not…


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