Read about the work Jade McLaughlin '17 and Madellena Thornton '17 did at the Hospital Cayetano Heredia (HCH) in Lima, Peru, as Global Health Initiative interns.
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Rauner Special Collections Library and “Pole to Pole,” an environmental studies course taught by Institute of Arctic Studies Director Ross Virginia that examines climate change in the polar regions through the lens of history, exploration and science. Fifty-one Dartmouth students shared their research to produce this exhibit exploring Shackleton and the Antarctica of his time.
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EurekAlert AAAS | March 16, 2016 Warmer, wetter conditions in the Arctic are accelerating the loss of carbon stored in tundra and permafrost soils, creating a potential positive feedback that further boosts global temperatures, a Dartmouth College study finds.
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In January 2015, Ruth Heindel, an earth sciences PhD student, and Jessica Trout-Haney, a PhD student in ecology and evolutionary biology, went to Antarctica to conduct research. They created a blog that they used to answer questions from middle school students back in Windsor, Vermont. Here are some of the students' questions about deserts, ice sheets, helicopters and more. by Ruth Heindel, Earth Sciences PhD Student
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February 17, 2015 | Dartmouth Now by Joseph Blumberg Dartmouth undergraduate Diana Wise '15 spent two weeks of her winter break in the dramatic domain of Antarctica, an experience she captured in a blog, "Gone South For the Winter," which she filed from the field.
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