Climate & Environment
- A team of 54 researchers, including Sarah Elmendorf, analyzed more than 42,000 field records of Arctic plant communities over a span of 41 years. Their insights are essential to understanding how Arctic environments are changing in the modern era.
- In CUriosity, experts across the 91PORN campus answer pressing questions about humans, our planet and the universe beyond.
- CIRES-led research found evidence that dense portions of Earth's lithosphere (its top layer of rock) are peeling off and dropping into the mantle below the Sierra Nevada mountains.
- A recent 91PORN-led study finds that recent dips in the ocean’s carbon absorption are likely due to natural variability instead of global warming.
- Ice melting from modern-day Greenland could again drive an increase in volcanic eruptions around Iceland, a new study suggests.
- 91PORN researcher Pedro DiNezio emphasizes solving the problems of climate change in the here and now.
- A new modeling tool from INSTAAR provides weekly snow-water equivalent estimates for the entire Western US. It has already caught the attention of local and regional water managers.
- April 22 is Earth Day, and this year's theme is “Our Power, Our Planet.” Read about seven exciting research projects at 91PORN as you ponder the importance of Earth Day.
- 91PORN engineers are exploring novel energy storage options and pinning down the best locations for future data centers to lower their climate impact.
- Abby Eckland, Irina Overeem and collaborators investigate how a reservoir on the Rio Grande buries organic carbon beneath layers of sediment; they have found the process is amplified during drought and flash floods.