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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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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

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.

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 flare

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 flight

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

Major hydrologoical weather event (Hurricane reaching shore)

Yulin Pan awarded MIDAS PODS grant for research predicting hydrological weather extremes

Ashley Payne (CLaSP), Yulin Pan (NAME), and Xun Huan (ME) have been awarded a Propelling Original Data Science (PODS) grant for their project Optimal Design of Data Assimilation for the Prediction of Hydrological Extremes.|Short Read

2019 Nelson W. Spencer Lecture

Climate & Space welcomes Dr. Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Dr. Taalas will give the annual Nelson W. Spencer Lecture at Climate & Space. |Short Read

Professor Mark Moldwin honored with Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship

Professor Mark Moldwin has been appointed to an Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship for his contributions to undergraduate education by the U-M Board of Regents. |Short Read

Model of the rapid disintegration cycle of the expansive ice sheet that once covered much of North America.

How an Ice Age paradox could inform sea level rise predictions

The behavior of an ancient ice sheet—called Laurentide—has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, new research findings at U-M not only explain this but could also add evidence that climate change could drastically raise sea levels. |Medium Read

Professor Mark Moldwin receives the 2016 Waldo E. Smith Union Award

The award is meant to honor those who have played unique leadership roles. |Short Read

Masters adds to student support fund

This fund focuses on need-based support for students enrolled in the College of Engineering’s Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering. |Short Read

In memoriam: Claudia Alexander

Alumna Claudia Alexander passed away on July 11, 2015 following a ten year battle with breast cancer.|Medium Read

tower behind a fence with clouds in the dark sky

Virtual cloud gets connected with real clouds

Associate Professor Xianglei Huang is among the winners of an inaugural Amazon Climate Research Grant from Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing service of Amazon.com.|Short Read

Voyager spacecraft might not have reached interstellar space

In 2012, the Voyager mission team announced they had passed into interstellar space. But, nearly 2 years later, uncertainty about whether the Voyager 1 really crossed the threshold continues. |Medium Read

Alumnus Paul Gross forecasts for the football team

AOSS Alumnus Paul Gross (BSE AOSS '83), a meteorologist and executive producer of weather at WDIV in Detroit, sends the U-M football team daily city-specific forecasts every game week, unless the team is playing in a dome.|Short Read

Mars Science Lab update: What remains of Mars’ atmosphere is still dynamic

Mars has lost much of its original atmosphere, but what's left remains active, according to recent findings from the Mars Science Laboratory.|Medium Read