News and Recent Findings
Quantifying black carbon deposition over the Greenland ice sheet from forest fires in Canada
Full Citation: Thomas, J. L., et al. (2017), Quantifying black carbon deposition over the Greenland ice sheet from forest fires in Canada, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 7965–7974, doi:10.1002/2017GL073701. Abstract: Black […]
“Dissolved black carbon in the global cryosphere: Concentrations and chemical signatures”
“Dissolved black carbon in the global cryosphere: Concentrations and chemical signatures” Full Citation: Alia L. Khan et al, Dissolved black carbon in the global cryosphere: Concentrations and chemical signatures, Geophysical […]
“Study: Western U.S. Snowpack Could Decline 60 Percent by 2040”
“The lead author of the new study says a 30 percent decline in mountain snowpack is “very likely” and greater losses are possible. The report points the finger at human-induced […]
“Climate change is shrinking the West’s water supply”
“Picture a snowflake drifting down from a frigid February sky in western Colorado and settling high in the Rocky Mountains. By mid-April, the alpine snowpack is likely at its peak. […]
Developing a Snow Monitoring Network in a Forested Mountain Watershed
Our research article was featured in US EPA Climate Change and Water News (August 31, 2016). Current snow monitoring networks may not be representative of basin-scale distributions of snow water equivalent […]
“Greenland’s melting is ‘feeding on itself,’ scientists say” (Washington Post)
“A new scientific study released Thursday has delivered yet another burst of bad news about Greenland — the vast northern ice sheet that contains 20 feet of potential sea level rise. […]
Burned but not forgotten: Decades after a fire, high-elevation forests still shape a climate. (From: “EarthData”)
Burned but not forgotten: Decades after a fire, high-elevation forests still shape a climate. by Agnieszka Gautier, from NASA’s EarthData, October 13, 2015.
“A Song of Fire and Snow: Wildfire and Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada,” (From: “Earthzine”)
“A Song of Fire and Snow: Wildfire and Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada,” (From: “Earthzine”) , July 30, 2015.
Have it your way: New hydrologic model lets the user decide” (from: Atmosnews)
Fully customizable SUMMA model can mimic existing models or create something new “Water falls from the sky, runs across the earth, funnels into drainages, and fills rivers. It seems simple. […]