Team tracks vegetation recovery from sudden permafrost collapse

Mark Lara and Zhuoxuan Xia standing in front of a digital display.
Some Arctic regions regain their “greenness” within a decade of a sudden permafrost collapse, while others can take a century or more to recover, researchers report in a new study. The difference is directly related to each site’s gross primary productivity, a measure of its photosynthetic capacity...

Meet Sarah Austin: New lecturer in Earth Science and Environmental Change

Sarah Austin. A woman sitting on rocks by the sea.
Sarah Austin didn’t set out to become a geologist. In fact, she jokes that she “messed up” when she first enrolled at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, mistakenly thinking the College of Education and Human Development was the right path to medical school. But one introductory geology course...

CliMAS launches new podcast

Weather Realness. Illinois Weather & Climate Podcast.
Illinois Public Media premieres a new weekly radio program and podcast, a partnership with the Department of Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences in the School of Earth, Society & Environment at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Weather Realness brings the best weather and...

What happens if the landmark rule on emissions is repealed?

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. ­— On Tuesday, President Trump’s administration proposed revoking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding,” a 2009 scientific finding that underpins U.S. policy on greenhouse gas emissions. By identifying the gases as a threat to public health and welfare,...
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