Category: Department Updates
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Winton publishes two articles on peat deposits in South America
Assistant Professor Scott Winton published two articles on his findings of substantial peat deposits in the Colombian Amazon and Orinoco regions in Environmental Research Letters and in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. These works demonstrate that vulnerable ecological carbon stores exist in regions previously unrecognized as supporting peat soil formation. This research was also…
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Jinnah publishes on Solar Radiation Management, takes on chair role in department
Professor Sikina Jinnah published “Solar Radiation Management (SRM): A History of the Governance and Political Milestones” in Environmental Science and provides a chronological review of the governance history of SRM, from 2006 to 2024. Often characterized as an ungoverned space, the authors argue that the governance landscape for SRM is actually quite rich, though activity…