She gave a fiery call-to-action presentation at a long-term colleague’s retirement symposium, enrolled in a global leadership program at the Stanford School of Business, and made major inroads in the corporate and non-profit worlds—quickly developing new collaborations.

“There is tremendous benefit to scientists in revealing how the Earth System functions," she says. "But at the same time, we need to learn how to accelerate our impact on practical solutions, planning and policy if we want to ensure that we have a big enough seat at the table.”

On the flip side, Michalak adds, many companies and nonprofit organizations want to put their resources toward climate action but aren’t sure how to select the right problems to focus on or the right scientific advisors to improve their chances of success.

That’s part of why she founded the Carnegie Science Climate and Resilience Hub—to help facilitate relationships between organizations that need scientific guidance and  researchers who want to see their work drive climate and sustainability outcomes more quickly.

Publicly launched on Earth Day, this new umbrella organization w/in Carnegie brings together researchers from across all 3 of our scientific divisions, representing a broad range of expertise that is critical for tackling challenges in climate, resilience, and sustainability.

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The world’s lakes are freezing over for shorter periods due to climate change. This has major implications for human safety, as well as water quality, biodiversity & global nutrient cycles, according to a new review led by Carnegie Science’s Stephanie Hampton. carnegiescience.edu/news/loss-lake…

“The average duration of iced-over conditions has decreased by 31 days over the last 165 years and thousands of lakes that historically froze over every winter now experience ice-free years,” Hampton explains. “This has major implications for communities around the world.”

The paper makes the case that studying lakes during wintertime—traditionally avoided due to logistical challenges and safety concerns—must be undertaken by ecologists around the world in order to truly understand the wide-ranging risks posed by ice loss.

Shorter ice duration and warmer temperatures put lakes at greater risk for water quality impairments, have implications for lake biodiversity, and affect the global carbon and water cycles, among other concerns, say Stephanie Hampton and her co-authors.

“Looking ahead, we need to invest in a deeper understanding of the crucial roles that lake ice plays in the health of our planet and in the communities that depend on these bodies of water,” Stephanie Hampton concludes.

.Stephanie Hampton is at the forefront of advancing safe research protocols in ice conditions. Earlier this year, she and her collaborators hosted “winter school” in Wisconsin, where early career researchers were trained in how to safely take samples from iced-over bodies of water.

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