A study of ancient lake sediments reveals that a recent wildfire high in the Rwenzori Mountains was the first in 12 millennia, signaling a novel threat to Africa’s unique alpine ecosystems.
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Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
James Russell
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty, Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Research Interests
Climate, Paleoclimate, Limnology, Tropics
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Nature Geoscience
The palaeoclimate potential of continental scientific drilling
Correspondence by IBES Fellow James Russell and colleagues on how a strategic expansion of continental drilling efforts would help advance paleoclimate research.
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Brown University researchers highlight the roles of carbon dioxide and ocean currents as key drivers of temperature fluctuations in the tropical Andes over a 16,000 year period.
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News from Brown
Faculty at Brown earn prominent awards, distinctions in 2023
Over the last year, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship and leadership.
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