Category: Research
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Prof. Steiner elected president of the AGU Atmospheric Sciences section
The prestigious position plays a major role in the formation of AGU science policy.
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North American cold-climate forests are already absorbing less carbon, study shows
By zeroing in on different high-latitude regions around the globe, researchers reveal what global averages mask.
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Switchbacks and spikes: Parker Solar Probe data consistent with 20-year-old theory
Magnetic flux findings suggest “profound consequences for basic solar processes.”
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Offshore oil and gas platforms release more methane than previously estimated
Aerial sampling offers a new look at escaping gases that contribute to global climate change.
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Lockdown for space agencies put research projects in limbo
University of Michigan researchers’ work on NASA and European Space Agency projects that have been altered by COVID-19.
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‘Largest radio telescope in space’ to improve solar storm warnings
NASA has selected University of Michigan’s $62M Explorer cubesat mission.
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Asst. Prof. Payne publishes new atmospheric rivers paper in Nature
“Understanding how atmospheric river characteristics will respond to a warming climate is vital to the resilience of communities affected by them.”
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Launching Solar Orbiter
For more than a decade, a U-M team helped develop the scientific payload aboard Solar Orbiter. Join them on launch night.
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NASA satellite offers urban carbon dioxide insights
Using data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, researchers found connections between the population density of cities and how much carbon dioxide they produce per person.
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Climate & Space students win AGU Outstanding Student Paper Awards
The Outstanding Student Presentation Awards are awarded to students for quality research in the geophysical sciences.
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Prof. Xianglei Huang named co-investigator on new NASA Earth Venture Continuity mission
Libera instrument will help researchers study the radiation budget at the top of the Earth’s atmosphere.
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A passenger airplane will advance a U-Michigan-led satellite mission to understand climate
New Zealand plane fitted with receivers will validate CYGNSS data and improve interpretation.
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“It looks like the Sun!”
Impressions from the Solar Orbiter launch.
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Professor Justin Kasper to receive the 2020 Copernicus Medal
Selected for “pioneering work on the heating and acceleration of the solar corona and the solar wind.”
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Professor Xianzhe Jia is co-investigator on NASA Io Volcano Observer (IVO) project
“It is a great time for Jupiter system exploration…”
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Climate & Space postdoctoral research fellow is first author on new paper
Congratulations, Dr. Hegedus!