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Lucas Silva describes how the centrifugal ice microtrome can liberate air bubbles in ice cores to understand past atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.
Ileana Callejas discusses how remote sensing can be used to monitor water quality in coastal regions,including tracking sewage plumes, algal blooms and oil spills.
Bumsoo Kim explains how lipid biomarkers in the sedimentary record can be used to trace gas hydrate destabilization and methane-release events in the geological past.