Thunderstorms are powerful things: their churning circulation can stir gases from the lower atmosphere into the upper atmosphere and even the lower stratosphere. They can also scrub gases out of the…

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (AAAR) has announced a Call for Papers for a special issue to be published in 2017: “Environmental Change and Impacts in the Kangerlussuaq Area, West…

INSTAAR Fellow John Andrews has been awarded the Penrose Medal, the highest honor from the Geological Society of America, for his original contributions to the science of geology.

Natural gas has been touted as a “bridge fuel” which would allow us to transition towards cleaner alternatives in the future while leaning away from emission-heavy carbon based fuels. We looked at…

A look at the complex climate-related tradeoffs of coal-fired electricity vs. natural gas.

A new study pinpoints higher than reported emissions of carbon tetrachloride, an ozone-depleting chemical banned for uses that result in it escaping to the atmosphere.

The first direct evidence that humans played a substantial role in the extinction of the huge, wondrous beasts inhabiting Australia some 50,000 years ago--in this case a 500-pound bird, Genyornis…

Our friend and colleage Diana Nemergut passed away on the last day of 2015 after battling a brain tumor. She left behind a community of friends who mourn her deeply, and who celebrate her memory.

Reception to follow in SEEC N124.

Abstract Diverse actors in the American West extract profits and surplus value from fire-prone areas at the urban periphery while inserting…

Bio Dr. Thomas Painter is a Research Scientist in the Water and Carbon Cycles Group, in the Earth Sciences Section, an Adjunct Professor of…

See the GSA meeting website for details and program.

The NOAA@NSIDC team is the small NOAA contingent at NSIDC that leverages NASA support to develop products for researchers, but also products that…

For the third year CSTPR organized a competition to select two University of Colorado Boulder students to attend the AAAS Catalyzing Advocacy in…

The Earth Sciences and Map Library would like to announce that we are holding a workshop for students who are interested in learning about how the…

Full title New science from an old landscape in Antarctica: Recent advances made by the McMurdo LTER Project