Climate Change and the Environment
Drawing on our expertise in environmental sciences and through our transnational partnerships, A&S faculty and students are driving new solutions to extreme weather events, food insecurity and public health crises. We also work to translate the science into actionable knowledge and practical policies to support resiliency and adaptation locally and around the globe.
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Testing Boreal Forests’ Blood PressureA&S professor Melissa Chipman was awarded National Science Foundation grant funding to study the ancient geochemistry of Arctic forests to understand interactions between boreal fire and climate change.

(March 28, 2023)
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(March 3, 2023)
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(Jan. 23, 2023)
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(Dec. 23, 2022)
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(Dec. 21, 2022)
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(Nov. 18, 2022)
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(Nov. 10, 2022)
Using Monsoons of the Past to Predict Climate Conditions of the FutureA team of researchers used ancient climate data to predict how the summer monsoon may change in the North American southwest.