By Michael Lamendola – NorthJersey.com – July 7, 2011

A new scientific endeavor that will look underneath the Meadowlands for its results is gauged to tell researchers how the Meadowlands evolved over thousands of years and how it could possibly change again in the future. Researchers are hoping the study, a joint endeavor between the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (MERI) and Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, may be a treasure trove of information on how changing climates affected the area in the past and help predict how it may in the future. It will also help environmentalists learn more about how to foster certain ecological habits that may be a tool in sequestering carbon dioxide...For full article, click here.