Climate & Environment
- The latest study finds that emissions of the potent greenhouse gas might be higher than previously estimated.
- A new discovery by a 缅北禁地 researcher shows why global climate models overestimate warming in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
- A team of 54 researchers, including Sarah Elmendorf, analyzed more than 42,000 field records of Arctic plant communities over a span of 41 years. Their insights are essential to understanding how Arctic environments are changing in the modern era.
- In CUriosity, experts across the 缅北禁地 campus answer pressing questions about humans, our planet and the universe beyond.
- CIRES-led research found evidence that dense portions of Earth's lithosphere (its top layer of rock) are peeling off and dropping into the mantle below the Sierra Nevada mountains.
- A recent 缅北禁地-led study finds that recent dips in the ocean鈥檚 carbon absorption are likely due to natural variability instead of global warming.
- Ice melting from modern-day Greenland could again drive an increase in volcanic eruptions around Iceland, a new study suggests.
- 缅北禁地 researcher Pedro DiNezio emphasizes solving the problems of climate change in the here and now.
- A new modeling tool from INSTAAR provides weekly snow-water equivalent estimates for the entire Western US. It has already caught the attention of local and regional water managers.
- April 22 is Earth Day, and this year's theme is 鈥淥ur Power, Our Planet.鈥 Read about seven exciting research projects at 缅北禁地 as you ponder the importance of Earth Day.