Purdue's Jeff Trapp part of month-long field research campaign to improve severe storm prediction
May 16, 2013
As a principal investigator in the NSF-funded Mesoscale Predictability Experiment (MPEX), Jeff will be collecting data with three radiosonde launch units operated by Purdue and NSSL in vehicles that will maneuver around late-day thunderstorms.
Read Full StoryTenure Track Faculty Position in Climate Change Modeling
May 9, 2013
Purdue University in conjunction with the Purdue Climate Change Research Center invites applications for a faculty appointment in the area of climate modeling.
Read Full Story2013 PCCRC Distinguished Lecture
April 29, 2013
Professor David Archer of the University of Chicago will present, "The Impact of Fossil Fuel Combustion on Earth's Carbon and Methane Cycles" in this spring's distinguished lecture.
Read Full StoryClimate systems educators toolkit to be unveiled at Purdue environmental conference
April 24, 2013
Purdue University researchers will unveil a learning toolkit for educators about a climate system approach to understanding how the Earth's climate is changing in connection with a three-day conference on campus in May.
Read Full StoryGlobal Screening of Thin Ice: The Inside Story of Climate Science
April 22, 2013
In recent years climate science has come under increasing attack, so geologist Simon Lamb took his camera to find out what is really going on from his climate science colleagues.
Read Full StorySunlit snow triggers atmospheric cleaning, ozone depletion in the Arctic
April 16, 2013
A Purdue University-led team of researchers discovered sunlit snow to be the major source of atmospheric bromine in the Arctic, the key to unique chemical reactions that purge pollutants and destroy ozone. The team's findings suggest the rapidly c
Read Full StoryHuber selected as new director of Purdue Climate Change Research Center
January 24, 2013
A leading Purdue University researcher in tropical cyclones and global warming has been named director of the Purdue Climate Change Research Center, the university's interdisciplinary effort focusing on research and education in global climate change
Read Full StoryA Sensitivity to History
December 21, 2012
Nature Geosciences features an article by Purdue's Matthew Huber in which he explores our understanding of climate change (in particular, climate model predictions) by looking at what we can learn from past greenhouse periods in Earth's history.
Read Full StoryGlobal Warming: Faster than Expected?
November 15, 2012
The latest issue of Scientific American explains how improved understanding of our distant past (including work by Purdue's Matthew Huber on the PETM) is one reason scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about rapid climate change.
Read Full StoryDisaster expert: Why power outages, transportation issues likely to stay in the dark
November 14, 2012
Superstorm Sandy and the approaching winter season are reminders that communities have a choice: pay in advance to improve energy and transportation networks that are vulnerable to disaster or risk future power outages and infrastructure disruptions,
Read Full StoryPCCRC Annual Report
October 29, 2012
The center seeks to encourage the application of evidence-based knowledge to address fundamental questions related to the Earth's changing climate system. We invite you to explore our most recent work and have a look at what's on the horizon.
Read Full StoryEstablishment of the Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Science
October 12, 2012
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) is establishing and seeking nominations for the Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Science.
Read Full StoryQuantification of Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions on the Building/Street Scale for a Large U.S. City
October 11, 2012
Purdue University and Arizona State University researchers have developed a new software system capable of estimating greenhouse gas emissions across entire urban landscapes, all the way down to roads and individual buildings.
Read Full StorySTRONG Cities - Simulation Technologies for the Realization of Next Generation Cities
September 19, 2012
New Grant awarded by the NSF to Daniel Aliaga and Dev Niyogi for their project, "STRONG Cities - Simulation Technologies for the Realization of Next Generation Cities." The $552,000 award will be used to create a computational framework for producin
Read Full StoryHurricanes Whip Up Faster in Warming World, Study Suggests
September 7, 2012
Global warming may fuel stronger hurricanes whose winds whip up faster, new research suggests. Hurricanes and other tropical cyclones across the globe reach Category 3 wind speeds nearly nine hours earlier than they did 25 years ago, the study found
Read Full StoryAldrich presented with APSA Best Paper Award
June 21, 2012
"Social, Not Physical, Infrastructure: The Critical Role of Civil Society in Disaster Recovery," has won the Best Paper Award from the Public Policy Section of the American Political Science Association.
Read Full StoryClimate change, biofuels mandate would cause corn price spikes
April 24, 2012
A study from Purdue and Stanford university researchers predicts that future climate scenarios may cause significantly greater volatility in corn prices, which would be intensified by the federal biofuels mandate.
Read Full StoryDrop in carbon dioxide levels led to polar ice sheet, study finds
December 1, 2011
A drop in carbon dioxide appears to be the driving force that led to the Antarctic ice sheet's formation, according to a recent study led by scientists at Yale and Purdue universities of molecules from ancient algae found in deep-sea core samples.
Read Full StoryAgriculture and Long Run Sustainability
October 14, 2011
When the National Public Radio's Planet Money team sat down to discuss an October 2011 article in Nature Magazine entitled "Solution for a cultivated planet" they queried scientists and economists around the world, including Purdue's Thomas Hertel.
Read Full StoryLessons learned from Japan's earthquake applicable for hurricanes, other natural disasters
August 29, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The importance of knowing your neighbors and taking warnings seriously are just two of the life-saving lessons that can be learned from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan six months ago, says a Purdue University polit
Read Full StoryREVIEW ESSAY "It's Too Late Baby, Now, It's Too Late?"
August 23, 2011
"It's Too Late Baby, Now, It's Too Late?" Frustration and Resignation in Recent Books on Climate Change Policy Leigh Raymond reviews three books (Mike Hulme's, Why We Disagree About Climate Change, Elizabeth Malone's, Debating Climate Change, and
Read Full StoryPurdue researcher travels to China to promote EcoPartnership, sustainability
July 11, 2011
Purdue professor Timothy Filley has been awarded a Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists, marking the university's first activity under a new Purdue-China EcoPartnership.
Read Full StoryGrant will help farmers deal with changes to climates
July 1, 2011
Purdue University researchers have been awarded a $5 million grant from the USDA to develop decision-support tools to help corn and soybean growers adapt their practices to changes in climate. The 5 year project, called U2U for useful to useable, is
Read Full StoryArctic Stories
March 30, 2011
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
Read Full StoryConference on Network Resilience - April 7, 2011
March 30, 2011
April 7, 2011 Disaster mitigation and recovery policies qualify as global, grand challenges that require the insights from multiple disciplines working in concert for developing solutions. This one-day conference brings together international researc
Read Full StoryShepson named AAAS Fellow
January 20, 2011
Paul B. Shepson, professor of chemistry, and PCCRC founding director has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society.
Read Full StoryBeyond Climategate
November 3, 2010
November 3, 2010: The PCCRC and the Global Policy Research Institute will convene a panel of national experts, including climate scientist Judy Curry, policy researcher Roger Pielke, Jr., and journalist Andy Revkin to explore the roles for science an
Read Full StoryResearchers find future temperatures could exceed livable limits
November 3, 2010
Reasonable worst-case scenarios for global warming could lead to deadly temperatures for humans in coming centuries, according to research findings from Purdue University and the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Read Full StoryDoering named director of Purdue Climate Change Research Center
October 13, 2010
Longtime Purdue agricultural economics professor Otto Doering has been named director of the Purdue Climate Change Research Center, the university's interdisciplinary effort focusing on research and education in global climate change.
Read Full StoryDoes Life Evolve Differently in the sea?
October 6, 2010
Professor Groberg will speak about the evolution of biodiversity in marine environments rellative to terrestrial environments. Sponsored by Purdue Green Week: Global Sustainability at Purdue.
Read Full StoryA Paradigm Shift in Ecosystem and Environmental Modeling
September 16, 2010
An interdisciplinary team led by Qianlai Zhuang has been awarded a grant by the NSF to develop a cyber-enabled stochastic carbon-weather system to provide more adequate quantification of regional carbon exchanges, which is critical to better understa
Read Full StoryBeyond Additionality in Cap-and-Trade Offset Policy
July 1, 2010
Perhaps no element of recent cap-and-trade proposals has been as controversial as provisions for offset credits, writes PCCRC Associate Director Leigh Raymond. Moreover, at the heart of nearly all offset programs is the requirement of "additionality.
Read Full StoryIndiana, Illinois climate trending toward fewer droughts
May 12, 2010
Indiana and Illinois may experience severe droughts in the future, but they'll be few and far between, according to a Purdue University study.
Read Full StoryResearchers find future temperatures could exceed livable limits
May 4, 2010
Reasonable worst-case scenarios for global warming could lead to deadly temperatures for humans in coming centuries, according to research findings from Purdue University and the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Read Full StoryEmissions Trading Workshop Online
April 30, 2010
Earlier this year the Purdue Climate Change Research Center sponsored a non-partisan workshop of the many issues related to emissions trading policy design. A summary report highlighting some of the main lessons learned from the day's presentations a
Read Full StoryMammalian biodiversity on Madagascar controlled by ocean currents
January 20, 2010
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - 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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