Category: Climate Science
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Coast to Coast: U-M Leads New Project to Build Resilience to Compound Flooding Using Scenario Planning
An innovative project will help communities in two regions of the U.S. become more resilient to catastrophic flooding.
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Scientists Investigate Cold Air Outbreaks in the Arctic
In a new field campaign, researchers fly into extremely cold weather to study an Arctic phenomenon known as marine cold air outbreaks,.
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Applied Climate in Action: U-M Alumna Provides Analysis for Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters and a Changing Climate
After earning an MEng in Applied Climate at U-M, Lauren Navarro Crane puts her skills to work as an Analyst in New York City. Lauren shared her experiences from the Applied Climate program.
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Kort Serves on ICOS Scientific Advisory Board
Supporting efforts to predict and mitigate climate change, Dr. Eric Kort, an associate professor at the University of Michigan Department of Climate and Space, has been appointed to the ICOS Scientific Advisory Board.
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From Urban Residents to Michigan Farmers, Master’s Students Seek Solutions to Climate Challenges
Graduate students in the Applied Climate program study climate-related problems, from inner city Detroit to apple orchards.
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Lake-Effect Snowfall Goes Under a Microscope to Improve Weather Forecasting Models
Researchers at U-M Climate & Space are working to improve snow data collection and the very models that are used to forecast snow storms.
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Gulf Offshore Oil and Gas Production Makes Double the Climate Impact Reported
High methane emissions from shallow water platforms underlie the problem, according to research by Associate Professor Eric Kort and the F3UEL project.
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Keebler Named Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor
After leading class in the U-M Stadium, Timothy Keebler has been honored with the Richard & Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student Instructors.
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Six U-M Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program Projects Awarded a Total of $1.2M
Professor Allison Steiner joins a project to create a first-of-its-kind framework for analyzing energy burdens and strategies for decreasing carbon emissions.
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Ocean Pollution Research Informs New Film ‘Plastic Earth’
A documentary about the global plastic crisis debuted in February, informed by the work of researchers at U-M Climate & Space.
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Huang Discusses Using Spectral Observations in Climate Studies
Prof. Xianglei Huang delivered a lecture entitled “Studying climate through a spectral lens” as part of the Distinguished Climate Lectures series at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
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American Meteorological Society Features Work by U-M Climate & Space
Faculty, students and researchers from the U-M Department of Climate and Space made an impact at the 103rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.
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Second Edition CYGNSS Handbook Released
In 2022, the CYGNSS Science Team released a new handbook for NASA’s CYGNSS Mission.
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Student Delegation Travels to U.N. Convention on Climate Change
Yifan Guan and Yingxiao Zhang, Ph.D. candidates at U-M Climate and Space, served as student delegates to COP27 in November.
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Research Scientist Secures a Patent for Mobile Charging Network
Featured in a 2022 Tech Talk, Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti has secured a patent to develop an EV mobile charging network at U-M.
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When Climate Change Hits Home
An organization led by U-M is helping small-town America plan for a warming world and the devastating floods that come with it.