Da Yang, an EESA faculty scientist, is one of 22 early-career scientists and engineers, who will each receive $875,000 over five years from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to pursue their research. The Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering are among the nation’s largest nongovernmental fellowships. Since 1988, this program has supported the…
Read MoreSebastien Biraud will lead a group of scientists in an aerial campaign this summer (2015) to measure gas concentrations, aerosols, and cloud properties—to find out why current climate models underestimate how rapidly the Arctic is getting warmer.
Read MoreESD’s David Romps and Rusen Oktem are collecting three-dimensional data (using off-the-shelf digital cameras) on cloud behavior that have never been possible to collect before. In this way, Romps can measure how fast the clouds rise, which in turn can shed light on a wide range of areas, ranging from lightning rates to extreme precipitation…
Read MoreMargaret Torn received an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, for her “outstanding achievements and fundamental contributions to understanding biogeochemical processes in ecosystems.”
Read MoreCommenting on recent research indicating that California fog is thinning, ESD climate scientist Travis O’Brien noted that it's “the first definitive look at how fog might change for a specific coastal region.”
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