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A Climate Change Double Whammy in the U.S. Corn Belt
Warming temperatures create two major drying trends, jeopardizing corn and soybean crops.
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Students Address Real-World Sustainability Challenges in Capstone Workshop Briefings
The workshop offers students an opportunity to apply the skills and techniques they have gained through their studies to solve real-world problems for a client.
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Undersea Volcanism May Help Explain Medieval Year of Darkness
Tropical fossils found in a Greenland ice core hint at volcanic eruptions that threw the world into darkness from 536 to 537 A.D.
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In Ancient Scottish Tree Rings, a Cautionary Tale on Climate, Politics and Survival
Using old tree rings and archival documents, historians and climate scientists have detailed an extreme cold period in Scotland in the 1690s that caused immense suffering. It may have lessons for Brexit-era politics.
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12 Legal Tools to Push Climate Preparedness
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe. Here are 12 ways the law can help society cope with these impacts.
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COP 25 in Madrid and the Limits of Climate Diplomacy
I remain optimistic about the technologies of renewable energy and the economic opportunities presented by our need to decarbonize and modernize our energy system.
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Climate Scientist Ángel Muñoz Receives Early Career Award
The award from US CLIVAR) recognizes Muñoz’s ‘outstanding contributions’ to the research and applications of subseasonal-to-seasonal predictions.
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Funding Opportunities for Travel and Field Research in Spring 2020
Applications for the Spring 2020 Global Fellows and Travel Grant Programs are now open! Apply today for funding for your sustainability research.
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Data Visualization Translates Geyser Eruption Data Into Eerie Music
The project earned grad student Anna Barth a grand prize in the American Geophysical Union’s competition on Data Visualization and Storytelling.
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