Ravishankara elected a Foreign Member of UK’s Royal Society
Ravishankara is a widely respected expert in the study of ozone, air quality and climate change.
Author Archives: Anne Manning
Researchers working to prevent sexual harassment in scientific field settings
Their goal is to create both a policy and culture of collegiality and respect across field teams.
These robots are small, shape-shifting, and they adapt to their surroundings
The Adaptive Robotics Lab at Colorado State University creates small, lightweight robots that can reconfigure themselves in response to a need.
What a small city in North Carolina can tell us about resilience
A study documenting the flooding of Lumberton is authored by scientists in the Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning, a research center headquartered at CSU.
Making tongues go mainstream is goal of open-source, CSU-created product
The Cthulhu Shield is a circuit board connected to a mouthpiece, outfitted with electrodes that send electrical impulses to the tongue.
Students learn from the pros during Argentina storm-sampling campaign
Sixteen graduate students across the U.S. participated in an intensive scientific field campaign as part of an Advanced Study Institute in atmospheric science.
Reliable tropical weather pattern to change in a warming climate
While the Madden-Julian Oscillation’s precipitation variations are likely to increase in intensity under a warmer climate, wind variations are likely to increase at a slower rate, or even decrease.
The full story on climate change requires the long view
A new study shows what nine different world regions have contributed to climate change since 1900, and what will happen moving forward.
Researchers rise to challenge of predicting hail, tornadoes three weeks in advance
They used a reliable tropical weather pattern called the Madden-Julian Oscillation, which can influence weather in distant parts of the Earth by sending out powerful atmospheric waves.
Jumpin’ droplets! Researchers seek to improve efficiency of condensers
Their solution is a combination of creativity, chemistry and physics, along with Arun Kota’s extensive research in “superomniphobic” surfaces that repel many different kinds of liquids.