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Climate change and related impacts are becoming increasingly relevant to environmental, economic and security issues. This raises convergent points of interest and thematic platforms for those interested in confronting this global challenge from a multidisciplinary perspective. The Purdue Climate Change Research Center (PCCRC) was chartered in 2004 to create a world-class multidisciplinary research center focused on interrelated aspects of climate change, its impacts, and mitigation.
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The north pole used to be 23°C (74°F). More >>
According to Sriver and Huber (Nature, 447, 2007), about 15% of peak ocean heat transport may be associated with tropical cyclone induced mixing. More >>
Every area of the world faces high exposure to future climate change in at least one way. More >>
We can measure CO2 concentrations from a light aircraft. More >>
Tropical forests are removing an unexpectedly high proportion of CO2 from the atomsphere. More >>
Students calculate Purdue's carbon footprint More >>
PCCRC Associate Directors Kevin Gurney and Leigh Raymond have proposed a new option for incorporating deforestation into the international climate change treaty.
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'Revolutionary' CO2 maps zoom in on greenhouse gas sources
A new, high-resolution, interactive map of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels has found that the emissions aren't all where we thought.
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Research forecasts increased chances for stormy weather
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers who study severe weather and climate change joined forces to study the effects of global warming on the number of severe storms in the future and discovered a dramatic increase in potential storm conditions for some parts of the United States.
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Paul Shepson on his work and Climate Change
Stories from the CFL (Circumpolar Flaw Lead System Study) at the top of the world...
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