Thawing permafrost is full of ice-forming particles that could get into the atmosphere 28 Jan, 2021
Editor’s note: Jessie Creamean and Thomas Hill, research scientists in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, wrote this Research Brief, a short take about interesting academic work, for The Conversation in January 2021. Colorado State is a contributing institution to The Conversation, an independent collaboration between editors and academics that provides informed news analysis and commentary to the general public. See the entire list of contributing faculty and their articles here.
Permafrost is thawing across the Arctic, releasing microbes and organic materials that have been
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The $1.12 million award given to Norwich University Applied Research Institutes will include funding for remote monitoring and cybersecurity with oversight from the Army Corps of Engineer’s Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory.
“The importance of having a reliable energy grid in cold weather is something that every Vermonter understands,” said Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT). “With this project, Vermont is again at the front of designing and developing microgrids that can be relied on in cold weather conditions, in the face of the forces of nature and malicious human attackers, and will teach this to the next generation of students.”
People should be cautious about going out onto any ice, especially following the record rainfall recorded on Christmas Day, a New Hampshire Fish and Game Department official said.
Clarkson University Professor Works to Understand Arctic Sea Ice and Ocean Waves
Potsdam, NY, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Dr. Hayley Shen a professor emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Clarkson, and her international research team, are trying to predict how the changes in the Earth’s climate may affect the ice conditions in the Arctic by using computational modelling.
“Changes to Arctic ice coverage are a key indicator of our changing climate, and the impacts of reduced ice cover are still being identified,” Shen said. “Taking measurements in the Arctic is challenging due to the extreme conditions, so for a long time, scientists relied on limited observations and theoretical modelling to understand the ice-ocean-atmosphere system.”