Tag: Climate Change
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The race to zero carbon emissions
When the only number that matters is zero, this climate summit asked participants to leave their preconceptions about acceptable solutions at the door.
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Great Lakes ice cover forecasts: A new approach enables local predictions
New approach can reliably predict months in advance whether ice will form in a given winter, as well as the timing of ice onset.
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Global CO2 Initiative announces advisory board
A diverse group of leaders in technology, research, policy, and industry assemble to drive development of a critical climate solution.
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Urgent climate action: How engineers are heeding IPCC’s call
Efforts are underway to reduce CO2, develop sustainable energy, and adapt to a warmer future.
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‘Carbon negative, dollar positive’
A new initiative aspires to turn a greenhouse gas into profitable products.
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Oil, gas methane emissions 60 percent higher than EPA reports
Gas leaks estimated to be worth $2 billion could have fueled 10 million homes.
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International Antarctic glacier study focuses on sea level changes
Bi-national study involving UM researcher will aid predictive models.
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Two faculty named AAAS fellows
Professors H. V. Jagadish and Christopher Poulsen are honored for advancing socially impactful research.
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Antarctic iceberg: Researchers explain what might happen next
An iceberg the size of Delaware detached from an ice shelf in the Southern Ocean.
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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.
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Joyce Penner
Penner develops mathematical and computer models to help us better understand what how aerosols and clouds interact and how that affects the climate.
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Hurricane tracking satellites successfully launched
NASA has successfully launched a constellation of eight hurricane-tracking microsatellites in a $151 million mission that’s led by the University of Michigan.