主要研究 今天

Summer of ’24 has already broken heat records here in New England, 但我们主要研究社区的一些人却保持冷静. 以下是我们的“猫”们度过三伏天的五种方法.

在破冰船上巡游.

Three researchers from 主要研究’s world-renowned Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping — director Larry Mayer, 副导演布莱恩·考尔德, 助理研究教授Liz Weidner ' 23G - 是在格陵兰北部的瑞典破冰船奥登号上吗. 他们正在绘制这片未开发地区的海底地图, contributing to our understanding of the melting Greenland Ice Sheet and its impact on sea level rise.

在北极圈上空的寒冷.

At 瑞典阿比斯库研究站, professor of Earth sciences Ruth Varner and a team of researchers, 包括联合国大学的学生, sample permafrost to learn how its thawing is affecting Arctic lakes and streams. 同样在瑞典，主要研究的研究人员和学生 追逐退缩的冰川 at the Tarfala 研究 Station to understand how glacially ground-up rock transforms into soils and ecosystems.

在绝对零度下闲逛.

了解更多澳门葡京网赌游戏宇宙起源的知识, assistant professor of physics Fabian Kislat uses special gamma ray detectors inside a dilution refrigerator that keeps his experiments at a cool minus-460 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature of space and the lowest temperature that can theoretically be reached.

在寒冷中骑自行车.

调查是否 运动时暴露在寒冷中会增加能量消耗 并且可能有助于降低肥胖率, kinesiology major Jack Souza ’25 recruits research subjects to ride an indoor bicycle at room temperature and at a brisk 39 degrees.

深入海洋研究.

浅滩海洋实验室, 位于缅因湾阿普尔多岛上的一个偏远的野外观测站, 捕捉到远离大陆的凉风. 和浅滩, 本科海洋教育的领导者, abounds with opportunities for students to get their feet — and more — wet.