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Solar Orbiter mission to track the sun’s active regions, improve space weather prediction

Solar Orbiter mission to track the sun’s active regions, improve space weather prediction

Latest ESA launch will be the first mission to get hi-res images of the sun’s poles
Parker Solar Probe: ‘We’re missing something fundamental about the sun’

Parker Solar Probe: ‘We’re missing something fundamental about the sun’

First data holds clues to a decades-old mystery, and major implications for space weather prediction
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A Jetsons future? Assessing the role of flying cars in sustainable mobility

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.
Solar storm congressional testimony: ‘The risk is real’

Solar storm congressional testimony: ‘The risk is real’

Professor Justin Kasper addresses Senate committee on solar threat to power grid.
Oil, gas methane emissions 60 percent higher than EPA reports

Oil, gas methane emissions 60 percent higher than EPA reports

Gas leaks estimated to be worth $2 billion could have fueled 10 million homes.
Dr. Tuija Pulkkinen named next CLaSP department chair

Dr. Tuija Pulkkinen named next CLaSP department chair

Dr. Tuija Pulkkinen has been named the new chair of the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department (CLaSP) at the University of Michigan effective September 1st, 2018.
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CYGNSS mission celebrates third anniversary

CYGNSS mission celebrates third anniversary

The CYGNSS hurricane-hunting mission launched on December 15, 2016.
Parker Solar Probe: ‘We’re missing something fundamental about the sun’

Parker Solar Probe: ‘We’re missing something fundamental about the sun’

First data holds clues to a decades-old mystery, and major implications for space weather prediction
Universities’ crucial role in our spacefaring future

Universities’ crucial role in our spacefaring future

To ensure that our species endures, we must advance space-based technologies and break our interdisciplinary boundaries.
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Yulin Pan awarded MIDAS PODS grant for research predicting hydrological weather extremes

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.
Climate & Space alumna discusses Great Lakes water level swings in Washington Post

Climate & Space alumna discusses Great Lakes water level swings in Washington Post

The impact of an early career award on advanced climate modeling

The impact of an early career award on advanced climate modeling

Assoc. Prof. Christiane Jablonowski looks back at the award’s effect on her research.
Understanding invisible disabilities

Understanding invisible disabilities

Make a lasting impact on campus culture by taking the time to understand those with unseen challenges.
CLASP research fellow attends third annual GPU Hackathon at Brookhaven National Lab

CLASP research fellow attends third annual GPU Hackathon at Brookhaven National Lab

Climate & Space research fellow Qusai Al Shidi was a member of the U-M Team Space
Congratulations to new Climate & Space PhD!

Congratulations to new Climate & Space PhD!

Dr. Benjamin Alterman is our newest PhD.
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US News & World Report Monday, February 3, 2020

With little ice on Superior, access to ice caves unlikely

Chicago Tribune Friday, January 10, 2020

How do you handle a generation’s worth of water level changes in just a few years?

National Geographic Tuesday, December 10, 2019

The sun keeps getting stranger, dive-bombing solar probe shows

VICE Tuesday, December 10, 2019

NASA’s solar probe found things near the Sun that we can’t explain

The New York Times Tuesday, December 10, 2019

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is unlocking the Sun’s mysteries

Sunday, December 8, 2019

Universities’ Crucial Role in Our Spacefaring Future