As carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere reach record highs and the effects of human-amplified climate change intensify ... Although they cover only about 0.2% of the ocean floor, seagrass ...

Earth system models (ESMs) integrate the interactions of atmosphere ... cover-change datasets. Another test of an ESM is the simulation of past climates (paleoclimates). Projecting future climate ...

Atmospheric aerosols from human activity influence climate. Uncertainties in the understanding of their effects limit our knowledge about climate change ... the cloud cover (see illustration ...

What is carbon dioxide and how is it connected to climate change? Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ... glass structure of a greenhouse — carbon dioxide molecules trap heat in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide ...

The Climate Action and Adaption Plan Task Force hosted the contest with the theme and prompt for the art being, “How can YOU make a difference for climate change ... as the CAAP cover art.

Climate change is a hot topic (sorry—no pun intended) that children want to understand. Problem is, it’s a topic that can be hard for adults to comprehend. So how do you translate science ...

Climate change presents serious risk for civil society, business, and ecosystems. The Earth’s climate is changing in response to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and particulate ...

under the direction of the UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative and housed in the Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. A student enrolled in this minor will gain an ...

We will use this novel mechanism to quantify climatic and atmospheric change through the Anthropocene and Earth’s ancient past. Demonstrate the utility of fossil micrometeorites as a climate proxy for ...