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Are We Entering The Golden Age Of Climate Modeling?

by Mark Betancourt 21 November 20229 March 2023

Thanks to the advent of exascale computing, local climate forecasts may soon be a reality. And they’re not just for scientists anymore.

Harvard, Penn State, and Yale
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Alumni Push Universities Forward on Climate

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 21 November 202230 November 2022

A tale of three institutions: How grassroots alumni organizations are encouraging climate action, with mixed results.

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How Quantum Computing Can Tackle Climate and Energy Challenges

by Annarita Giani and Zachary Goff-Eldredge 21 October 202224 October 2022

The day is coming when quantum computers, once the stuff of science fiction, will help scientists solve complex, real-world problems that are proving intractable to classical computing.

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Setting the Stage for Climate Action Under the Montreal Protocol

by Stephen O. Andersen, Marco Gonzalez and Nancy J. Sherman 18 October 20221 March 2023

Twelve papers formed the scientific basis for fast action to strengthen the treaty, which was already safeguarding stratospheric ozone, so it also protects the climate by reducing super pollutants.

Computer-generated visualization of solar plasma interacting with Earth’s magnetic field.
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Space Raindrops Splashing on Earth’s Magnetic Umbrella

by Laura Vuorinen, Adrian LaMoury, Emmanuel Masongsong and Heli Hietala 7 October 20227 October 2022

Though not as damaging as extreme space weather events, showers of plasma jets hit Earth’s magnetic shield every day—yet we’re only beginning to understand their effects.

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Seismic Sources in the Aleutian Cradle of Tsunamis

by Rob Witter, Rich Briggs, Tina Dura, Simon Engelhart and Alan Nelson 26 September 202226 September 2022

Research over the past decade in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has offered surprising insights into the pulses of great earthquakes that generate dangerous, often long-distance tsunamis.

Figure showing modeled atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations over an image of Earth’s surface, with warmer colors representing higher concentrations
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Simpler Presentations of Climate Change

by John Aber and Scott V. Ollinger 13 September 202230 November 2022

The basics of climate change science have been known for a long time, and the predicted impact of a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide on global temperature hasn’t changed much in 100 years.

A red tide washes over a Florida beach.
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Harmful Algal Blooms: No Good, Just the Bad and the Ugly

by James E. Silliman 9 September 202214 September 2022

Natural and human factors are leading to larger, more frequent, and longer-lasting algae blooms. Recent research is increasingly revealing the scope of the problem and informing potential responses.

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Shake, Rattle, and Probe

by Damond Benningfield 25 August 202217 January 2023

Helioseismology allows scientists to study the interior of the Sun, solve some basic physics mysteries, and forecast space weather.

We are in the middle of solar cycle 25, which means that the Sun has been slowly ramping up its sunspot and flare activity for the past few years.
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11 Discoveries Awaiting Us at Solar Max

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 August 202230 September 2022

Each solar cycle might seem like the same old story, but one thing has changed significantly since the previous solar maximum–our technology.

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