The goal of the project is to understand the effect that temperature has on patterns and processes in upwelling systems. Ongoing work in this iconic natural laboratory is helping marine ecologists understand the role of temperature and how this and other ecosystems could function in the future as climate change warms the ocean.
Diego Riveros-Iregui and Amanda Thompson, the center’s interim co-directors, strive to use their own experiences from the islands to expand its reach and grow its reputation as a world-renowned research institution.
About 71% of Earth is water. Of that water, 96.5% is oceans. So why do most air pollution and emissions studies focus on terrestrial research? A team of researchers traveled to the Galápagos Islands to uncover how emissions released from the ocean impact the Earth.
The Office of Research Communications has created an interactive timeline, from the founding of UNC-Chapel Hill in 1793 to Aziz Sancar’s 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.