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Parker Solar Probe approaching the sun

Switchbacks and spikes: Parker Solar Probe data consistent with 20-year-old theory

Magnetic flux findings suggest "profound consequences for basic solar processes."|Medium Read
an oil rig in the gulf of mexico

Offshore oil and gas platforms release more methane than previously estimated

Aerial sampling offers a new look at escaping gases that contribute to global climate change.|Medium Read
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More than $5M to improve solar storm forecasts

U-Michigan researchers play lead roles in national effort funded by NSF, NASA. |Medium Read
Artistic rendering of an electric vertical takeoff and landing taxi cruising through an urban center. Image credit: Dave Brenner/University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability.Featured Story

A Jetsons future? Assessing the role of flying cars in sustainable mobility

Fully loaded flying cars could outperform gasoline-powered ground vehicles by as much as 52 percent. |Medium Read
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X2.0-class solar flareFeatured Story

Solar storm congressional testimony: ‘The risk is real’

Professor Justin Kasper addresses Senate committee on solar threat to power grid. |Medium Read
View of Bakken shale in North Dakota from a plane in flightFeatured Story

Oil, gas methane emissions 60 percent higher than EPA reports

Gas leaks estimated to be worth $2 billion could have fueled 10 million homes. |Short Read
CLASP PhD Dr. Rajeswari Balasubramaniam

Congratulations to our new Climate & Space PhD!

Dr. Rajeswari Balasubramaniam will stay on at Climate & Space to continue her work on the CYGNSS hurricane satellite mission. |Short Read
CLASP PhD Dr. Yeimy Rivera

Congratulations to our new Climate & Space PhD!

Dr. Yeimy Rivera will begin a post doctoral position at the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard. |Short Read
CLASP Ph.D candidate Samar Minallah

CLASP doctoral candidate to receive UCAR fellowship

Samar Minallah is a first-generation scholar from Pakistan who plans to help adapt climate models to better study the Himalaya-Karakoram-Hindukush mountain region.|Short Read
the ISS overlooks aurora borealis

More than $5M to improve solar storm forecasts

U-Michigan researchers play lead roles in national effort funded by NSF, NASA.|Medium Read
Alaskan wilderness

North American cold-climate forests are already absorbing less carbon, study shows

By zeroing in on different high-latitude regions around the globe, researchers reveal what global averages mask.|Medium Read
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U-M BLiSS team wins NASA Moon to Mars challenge grant

The University of Michigan's Bioastronautics and Life Support System (BLiSS) team is a student-run research team designing, building, and testing deep-space habitat prototype technology.|Short Read
Climate & Space PhD Dr Jamie Ward

Congratulations to our new Climate & Space PhD!

Dr. Jamie Ward will continue research at CLaSP in the Precipitation Extremes and Climate Dynamics group. |Short Read
north campus at dawn

‘Now is the moment. So what do we do?’

In a letter to the community, Dean Gallimore shares his reaction to the last few weeks in America, and what we all must do to make progress.|Long Read

Help eradicate the virus of racism

As scientists and engineers, we have an obligation to focus on solving this big societal problem.|Medium Read

Congratulations to our new Climate & Space PhD!

Dr. Hongyang Zhou will work on space weather model development at the University of Helsinki, Finland. |Short Read
Climate & Space PhD Dr. Alicia Petersen

Congratulations to our new Climate & Space PhD!

Dr. Alicia Petersen will begin a research position at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, NM this fall. |Short Read

Prof. Margaret G. Kivelson elected Foreign Member of the Royal Society

Climate & Space professor will play a role in the upcoming NASA Europa Clipper and ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) missions. |Short Read