Ferocious hurricane season that saw 18 named storms comes to an end
The powerful 2019 Atlantic hurricane season comes to its official end this weekend, a period that saw 18 named storms, six of which were hurricanes (USA Today).
The powerful 2019 Atlantic hurricane season comes to its official end this weekend, a period that saw 18 named storms, six of which were hurricanes (USA Today).
Building resilient defenses requires an interdisciplinary team, says Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor John van de Lindt in the latest issue of ASEE's PRISM magazine.
Jessie Creamean, a researcher from Colorado State University, has been setting up portable equipment, nicknamed C-3PO, on the ice to sample particles and droplets in the air as part of her studies of how Arctic clouds form (New York Times).
According to CSU hurricane researcher Philip Klotzbach, seven other Atlantic systems have developed into hurricanes after Nov. 20 since the satellite era began in 1966 (Washington Post).
A new study from Colorado State University looking at America's steel bridges shows that nearly 25 percent of steel bridges could see a section collapse in the next 21 years (Popular Mechanics).
Scientists have identified a surprising new mechanism that could be impacting cloud formation and weather patterns in the Arctic — bacteria from the ocean floor (Washington Post).
The 118-meter-long Polarstern is a sophisticated floating lab that allows MOSAiC scientists to study the atmosphere, sea ice, ocean, and life (Science).
Colorado State University hurricane scientist Phil Klotzbach says his review of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S., using barometric pressure, shows no increase (Boston Globe).
With the capacity to run demanding, complex simulations where visiting crews must hunt for multiple small leaks at a time, CSU's METEC is the only facility of its kind in the country (Mother Jones).
Jessie Creamean of Colorado State University is out on the ice testing a device that collects and counts tiny particles in the atmosphere called aerosols (NPR).