Climate & Environment
- Albert Kettner explains that catastrophic flooding has become more common in the 21st century. The reasons behind this shift are complex—involving climate change, urban infrastructure and human impacts.
- An interdisciplinary team transforms complex research into an interactive museum exhibit on how ice sheets influenced weather millennia ago.
- ²ÊÃñ±¦µä researcher Pedro DiNezio emphasizes solving the problems of climate change in the here and now.
- A risk communication researcher at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä sheds light on what motivates people to stay put when natural disasters like hurricanes Helene and Milton threaten.
- A ²ÊÃñ±¦µä tribal advisor discuss how Western science can work with Indigenous people to improve relationships, understanding, and research across cultures.
- Climate change from greenhouse gas emissions could make extreme El Niño events more frequent, according to new research co-led by ²ÊÃñ±¦µä.
- Luke Runyon, co-director of CMCI’s Water Desk, earned a national Murrow Award for an in-depth podcast series on the declining Colorado River.
- After hosting the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit on campus in 2022, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä remains a committed educational partner and will be a co-host of the 2025 event in Oxford, England.
- ²ÊÃñ±¦µä researcher and team have discovered why lithium-ion batteries, which power most electronic devices, lose capacity over time. The findings could enable the development of electric vehicles that go far longer without needing a charge.
- New research reveals that current krill populations in the Southern Ocean may be insufficient to support the full recovery of whale species if krill harvesting continues at current rates.