Tag Archives: Climate Change

How Connected Cars Can Map Urban Heat Islands

Posted on June 21, 2022 by rberkowitz

Crowdsourced vehicle data trace the contours of dangerous city temperatures. Continue reading →

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Climate patterns shape forest wildfire recovery

Posted on November 24, 2020 by rberkowitz

An alternating north–south drought cycle in the western US restricts seedlings’ ability to regenerate after fires. Continue reading →

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Tropical soils could be accelerating global warming

Posted on October 1, 2020 by rberkowitz

A field study challenges climate simulations by showing increased carbon loss from warmed low latitude soils. Continue reading →

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Tropical soils may accelerate global warming

Posted on September 9, 2020 by rberkowitz

New experiments challenge climate simulations that predict minimal carbon loss from soils in the tropics. Read more in Physics Today…

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Southern Ocean absorbs less CO2 than previously thought

Posted on August 24, 2018 by rberkowitz

Winter measurements by robotic floats call current carbon estimates into question. Continue reading →

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Move a plateau, change a climate

Posted on March 3, 2018 by rberkowitz

Climate models explore how changes in the Tibetan Plateau’s latitudinal position and elevation may have affected ancient Asia’s climate. Continue reading →

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The history of a monsoon-inducing plateau

Posted on January 19, 2018 by rberkowitz

The East Asian monsoon evolved in response to changes in the latitude and elevation of the Tibetan Plateau.  Read more in Physics Today…

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Black carbon in Antarctica

Posted on June 2, 2017 by rberkowitz

Spectral and chemical measurements highlight the local effects of pollutants on the albedo of Antarctic snow. Continue reading →

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California’s recent weather extremes

Posted on April 20, 2017 by rberkowitz

A planetary-scale pattern of atmospheric waves may be responsible for California’s droughts and floods. Continue reading →

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A hard rain’s a-gonna fall

Posted on December 6, 2016 by rberkowitz

A high-resolution climate model predicts an almost across-the-board increase in extreme precipitation events throughout North America. Continue reading →

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