Alaska is on pace for a historic fire season, spurred on by warm temperatures, a diminished snowpack, and an apparent uptick in lightning strikes.
Alaska Is on Track for a Record Fire Season
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To Reduce Carbon, Colleges Should Target Purchasing, Travel
Activities beyond campus – such as business air travel, student commutes and purchases of goods like lab equipment – account for more than 60% of Cornell’s carbon emissions, according to new research that analyzed the university’s greenhouse gas consumption through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic.
What Is a Pond? Study Provides First Data-Driven Definition
Nearly everyone can identify a pond, but what, exactly, distinguishes it from a lake or a wetland?
Volcano’s Eruption Will Help Scientists Plot Weather, Climate
As it captivated people around the world, the January eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano gave scientists a once-in-a-lifetime chance to study how the atmosphere works, unlocking keys to better predict the weather and changing climate.
Discovery Reveals Large, Year-Round Ozone Hole Over Tropics
An ozone hole, seven times larger than the Antarctic ozone hole, is currently sitting over tropical regions and has been since the 1980s, according to a Canadian researcher.
Physics Professor Selected for NASA Mission
A space physicist at The University of Texas at Arlington will play a key role in NASA’s Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission.
