University of Utah included in NOAA’s $7M weather forecasting initiative
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U atmospheric scientists partner with five other universities to enhance data assimilation for better weather prediction models
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Jay Mace: Scientist of clouds, painter of landscapes
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A childhood love of nature led to a career studying Earth’s atmosphere, bringing Mace to Southern Ocean on DOE-funded research expedition.
Read MoreGeologist Brenda Bowen to chair Department of Atmospheric Sciences
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Brenda Bowen, a decorated interdisciplinary geoscientist, has been named chair of the University of Utah’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences (ATMOS). A member of the geology faculty and director of the Global Change and Sustainability Center (GCSC), Bowen replaces John Horel, who has been at the helm of ATMOS for five years. “Brenda Bowen is an internationally prominent researcher and […]
Read MoreA living laboratory: The Earth & Environmental Science Major
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The new interdisciplinary degree enables students to study the interconnected nature of Earth systems.
Read MoreHuman-caused emissions create new cloud-forming particles
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An important link between the formation of new aerosol particles from emissions and their growth into particles that water can condense around shows how human activity may be changing cloud formation.
Read MoreU scientists on the 2021 IPCC climate report
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Learn what the findings mean for the future of research and our planet.
Read MoreHow society’s inequalities showed in COVID outcomes
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A study shows how lockdown policies exposed some groups to COVID-19 risk in Salt Lake County.
Read MoreWildfire smoke trends worsening for Western U.S.
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A new study shows how the timing and location of smoke impacts shift in August and September.
Read MoreAtmospheric dust levels are rising in the Great Plains
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If the Great Plains becomes drier, the pieces are in place for a repeat of the 1930s Dust Bowl.
Read MoreU students launch instruments to study Utah’s windstorm
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Three undergraduates found a scientific opportunity in a destructive storm.
Read MoreUtah’s spring air quality better than usual during pandemic
Air quality along the Wasatch Front in March is usually good, but the reduction in emissions from COVID-19 stay-at-home measures have made air quality even better than usual.
Read MoreTRAX air quality study expands
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A U air monitoring project, expanded to TRAX’s Blue Line, shows how smoke from last year’s fireworks drifted through the valley.
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