The future of the Great Salt Lake
Scientists, water policy experts, politicians and community leaders discussed the future of the Great Salt Lake at the Wallace Stegner Center 28th Annual Symposium.
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Climate Hackathon yields ideas for managing urban heat
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Schools as heat shelters, portable cooling shelters, city data for a heat index—meet the teams who came up with the winning ideas at the 24-hour Climate Solutions Hackathon addressing urban heat.
Read MoreSpace dust as Earth’s sun shield
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Dust launched from the moon’s surface or from a space station positioned between Earth and the sun could reduce enough solar radiation to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Read MoreAntarctica’s ocean brightens clouds
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Gases from phytoplankton in the ocean help form dense clouds that reflect sunlight.
Read MoreBiology’s ‘highly cited’ researchers collaborate in forest science
Three College of Science researchers named high-level “influencers” by Clarivate.
Read MoreForest resilience linked with higher mortality risk in Western U.S.
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Unexpected results could be driven by regional factors that favor acclimation to drought resistance over resilience to extreme climatic events.
Read MoreSparkles the unicorn, U scientists win Nature photo contest
The #ScientistAtWork contest showcases images of research and workplaces from scientists across the globe.
Read MoreBig ideas, big bucks
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The Wilkes Climate Prize at the U will award $1.5 million annually to a proposal to combat climate change from all sectors.
Read More$1.5M Wilkes Center Climate Prize announced
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Utah donors contributed to the global prize to support science, education and entrepreneurial and practical solutions to climate change.
Read MoreA new climate change action plan to meet local and global challenges
There is a lot to celebrate, and important work still to do.
Read MoreEcological tipping point: 5+ El Niño events per century
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Anthropologists discovered a frequency threshold causes dramatic changes in marine and terrestrial eastern Pacific ecosystems, and offers a look into our future.
Read MoreWhat makes algae blooms grow?
A U professor receives a $3 million grant to study why toxic algae blooms grow in Utah Lake and other sources.
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