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Research Spotlight
Assistant Professor Clara Blättler holding a vial of seawater dating from the last ice age.
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Bowen studies the climate of early Mars and rocky exoplanets.
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Edwin Kite is a planetary scientist interested in Mars and rocky exoplanets.
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Prof. Meghana Ranganathan Interviewed For Physical Sciences Division Website
January 06, 2025
You can read the full interview, entitled "The Duality Of Ice", here.
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Prof. Tiffany Shaw gives insight on the shrinkage of cloud banks
January 02, 2025
If global circulation changes are at work, an urgent question is whether they will continue, says Tiffany Shaw, a climate dynamicist at the University of Chicago.
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Prof. Tiffany Shaw quoted in EOS article on Anthropogenic aerosol emission
December 23, 2024
Using Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project (DAMIP) data, Kang et al. studied how anthropogenic factors may have influenced summertime circulation patterns between 1980 and 2020.
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Pro. Tiffany Shaw researches Atmospheric Circulations response to Climate Change
December 20, 2024
Shaw et al. review known effects of climate change on circulation, summarize the current understanding of their mechanisms, and point to knowledge gaps and opportunities for future research.