Assistant Professor of Geography Julie Loisel is among a team of scientists who agree that preserving peatlands is essential to limiting climate warming.
Carbon-Loaded Peatlands Can’t Be Ignored, Texas A&M Scientist Says
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Central Europe: Dry Aprils Pave the Way for Summer Droughts
In the past 20 years, Central Europe has experienced six summer heat waves and droughts.
California’s 2018 Wildfires Caused $150 Billion in Damages
In 2018, California wildfires caused economic losses of nearly $150 billion, or about 0.7 percent of the gross domestic product of the entire United States that year, and a considerable fraction of those costs affected people far from the fires and even outside of the Golden State.
Military Flights Biggest Cause of Noise Pollution on Olympic Peninsula
An area in the Olympic Peninsula’s Hoh Rain Forest in Washington state for years held the distinction as one of the quietest places in the world.
No Refuge from the Heat
Over the past several decades, marine protected areas (MPAs) have emerged as a favored conservation tool.
Scientists Get the Lowdown on Sun’s Super-Hot Atmosphere
A phenomenon first detected in the solar wind may help solve a long-standing mystery about the sun: why the solar atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than the surface.
