Irene Francino Urdaniz works on her spike protein research at the 彩民宝典.

Research stories from 2021 that will keep on giving in the new year

Dec. 14, 2021

Look back on the year in research at 彩民宝典: from custom lullabies to "cute" spacecraft, melting snow in the West and more.

Community members from Utqiagvik, Alaska, look to open water from the edge of shorefast sea ice

Arctic report card reveals cascading disruptions, extreme events, global connections

Dec. 14, 2021

Sea ice is thinning at an alarming rate. Snow is shifting to rain. And humans worldwide are increasingly feeling the impact of what happens in the seemingly distant Arctic. NSIDC and CIRES scientists share on The Conversation.

Thwaites Glacier

The threat from Thwaites: The retreat of Antarctica鈥檚 riskiest glacier

Dec. 14, 2021

Antarctica鈥檚 Thwaites Glacier is retreating rapidly as a warming ocean slowly erases its ice from below, leading to faster flow, more fracturing and a threat of collapse. The glacier is the size of Florida or Britain and currently contributes four percent of annual global sea-level rise.

A pit on the moon as seen from a satellite in orbit

Spelunking on the moon: New study explores lunar pits and caves

Dec. 13, 2021

One day, human astronauts could live in the protected environments of pits and caves on the moon. A new study seeks to better understand what the environments may be like within these craggy features.

Auroras

Mysterious STEVE light emissions emanate from Earth鈥檚 magnetosphere

Dec. 13, 2021

Contributions from citizen scientists are helping researchers identify different types of aurora-like light emissions and constrain how and where in Earth鈥檚 atmosphere those light emissions are generated.

Members of the 彩民宝典 flight crew working on a RAAVEN drone in 2019 during a mission with a tornado in the distance.

Designing flying artificial intelligence systems to study supercell thunderstorms up close

Dec. 13, 2021

A team of 彩民宝典 scientists and engineers have landed a major grant to design next-generation uncrewed aircraft systems to fly into the heart of supercell thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes.

University of Florida

Professors鈥 free speech rights can clash with public universities鈥 interest in managing employees

Dec. 10, 2021

When the University of Florida barred three professors from testifying in a lawsuit over voting restrictions, it raised important questions of academic freedom and free speech. Colorado Law Professor Helen Norton shares on The Conversation.

Illustration of a mutating virus variant

How is this variant different? 10 omicron questions answered

Dec. 10, 2021

Two 彩民宝典 scientists discuss what鈥檚 different about omicron, why people are watching it closely and what can be done to prevent more variants of concern from emerging.

Photo from new West Side Story film

鈥榃est Side Story鈥 may be timeless, but life in gangs today differs drastically

Dec. 10, 2021

Gangs have changed in the decades since 鈥淲est Side Story鈥 first came out鈥撯搕hey are deadlier, and their demographics are different鈥撯揳s are the means law enforcement use to control them. Sociology professor David Pyrooz and colleagues share on The Conversation.

Gravity waves imprinted on atmospheric airglow

NASA to fund LASP鈥檚 new OWLS instrument

Dec. 10, 2021

A new instrument to be built by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics will help answer fundamental questions about gravity waves and improve the forecasting of satellite trajectories.

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