Winters in the Great Lakes Region are now warmer than they were in the early years of the 20th Century.More >>
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 >>
How did the lemurs, flying foxes and narrow-striped mongooses get to the large, isolated island of Madagascar sometime after 65 million years ago?
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NIST funds Project to Measure Urban GHG Emissions
A new 3 year grant has been awarded to Paul Shepson, Kevin Gurney, and collaborators from PSU and NOAA to develop, improve, and assess the accuracy of measurements of the total greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide and methane) emissions from urban environments.
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Ernie Agee to Receive The Cleveland Abbe Award
Ernie Agee will be presented with the Cleveland Abbe Award for Distinguished Service to the Atmospheric Sciences at the Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society next week, January 18, 2010. Join us in congratulating Ernie on this well-deserved honor, and if you are in Atlanta for the Meeting, please stop by the Purdue Reception on Tuesday (Jan 19; 6:30pm; Omni Hotel@CNN Center, Sycamore Room) to toast Ernie?s award!
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Arctic Stories
The beauty of the Arctic, its precious and fragile nature, its critical role in maintaining a stable climate for the planet, and the rapid rate of change that is occurring there must all be conveyed to the general public. Here, through digital story telling, we put a human face on science, life, societies, and the natural world in the Arctic.
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