Improving health outcomes by targeting climate and air pollution simultaneously

• February 23, 2023

• Air Quality & Health
• Climate Modeling

New modeling tool enables rapid design of effective and equitable policy combinations.

Congratulations to Shuaiqi Wu for passing his Qualifying Exam

• September 16, 2022

• Honors and Awards

We are excited to share the news that our research group PhD student Shuaiqi Wu successfully passed his Qualifying Examination on Thursday September 15.

October storm sets new records for single-day rainfall after years-long dry spell

• November 12, 2021

• Extreme Weather

Climate change and drought concerns persist despite record-breaking precipitation

‘We Have a Chance.’ Climate Scientists Weigh in on IPCC Report

• August 30, 2021

• Outreach

UC Davis Climate Experts on Moving Forward with Open Eyes and Urgency.

Jared Trok recipient of 2021 American Meteorological Society Graduate Fellowship

• July 21, 2021

• Honors and Awards

Proud of our Lab member for being recognized by the AMS as a rising star in the weather, water, and climate community.

Aditya Tadimeti named one of the top 300 scholars in the 2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) competition

• January 07, 2021

• Honors and Awards

Proud of our Lab member who was recognized as Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars! Regeneron STS is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Out of 1,760 applications, only 300 are selected for this honor.

Dry conditions linked to climate change contributed to wildfire spread in Northern California

• September 01, 2020

• Ecosystem Services

Frequency of lightning, lack of precipitation are other factors that helped ignite some of the 700 wildfires across the state.

Article awarded 'top downloaded paper of 2018-2019'

• April 30, 2020

• Honors and Awards

Libardoni et al, "Underestimating Internal Variability Leads to Narrow Estimates of Climate System Properties", was among the most downloaded papers in 2020 among articles published in 2018-2019 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Half of U.S. deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

• February 12, 2020

• Air Quality & Health

Study tracks pollution from state to state in the 48 contiguous United States.

Individual climate models may not provide the complete picture

• November 12, 2019

• Climate Modeling

Equilibrium climate sensitivity -- how sensitive the Earth's climate is to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide -- may be underestimated in individual climate models, according to a team of climate scientists.

Zeroing in on food security as agricultural impacts of climate crisis become more apparent

• October 30, 2019

• Food & Agriculture

The MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab presents a new report on climate, agriculture, water, and food security — with plans for more research.

Future nitrogen availability has major impact on the fate of carbon sequestration in Northern Eurasia

• July 17, 2019

• Ecosystem Services

New study highlights the importance of accounting for carbon-nitrogen interactions when assessing the regional and sub-regional impacts of climate and land-use change policies.

Article awarded 'The most cited paper award 2019'

• May 27, 2019

• Honors and Awards

Groisman et al, "Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI): facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the twenty-first century", was among the most highly cited papers in 2018 among articles published in 2016-2017 in the journal Progress in Earth and Planetary Science.

Pretty soon we'll have to stop blaming China for global carbon emissions

• April 03, 2019

• Climate Policy

The House Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change held its first meeting of the year yesterday, which featured a lot of talk about United States-China relations and the matter of emissions reduction.

Maximizing Ozone Signals

• February 27, 2019

• Air Quality & Health

New technique enables more efficient and precise estimates of trends in ozone and other atmospheric constituents within selected geographical regions and timeframes.