The team showed that observed snowpack loss between the 1980s and 2000s is consistent with results from climate simulations with combined changes in natural factors and human influences

“The key is that you have to compare the models to the observations in a consistent way,” said author Kyle Armour, a UW assistant professor of oceanography and atmospheric sciences

N2O, a greenhouse gas with 300 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide, persists for over a century in the Earth’s atmosphere and is known to cause significant damage to the Earth’s ozone layer

Using satellite data from 2002 to 2013, researchers examined nearly 23,000 fires worldwide, identifying 478 large, high-intensity fires which they defined as extreme wildfire event

Findings affirm estimates used in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change models

Glaciers and ice caps can no longer capture meltwater

Report enables better-informed planning decisions to respond to food crises in a more timely, global, and coordinated way

Scientists often overlook some of the intuitive but less-obvious ways to reduce energy use in the lab

Existing laboratories provide significant opportunities to reduce utility consumption, improve sustainability, and manage costs.

The research team took a close look at a 2012-2013 drought and flood cycle that affected much of the Midwestern U.S., leading to a nitrogen spike in surface water

The mustard plant is similar to oilseed rape in many ways

Although agricultural improvements have boosted food production in the past 50 years, drought and salinization threaten more than half of the planet’s arable land