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Helping humanity through climate research

Posted by Eliza Romero on November 2, 2022

Image of Earth in a field with tall grass and sand

Several NAU professors are part of a global team of climate scientists recently recognized for their service to humanity.

In October, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was awarded the 2022 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity. The IPCC, a body of the United Nations that won… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, School of Earth and Sustainability, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Future emissions from ‘country of permafrost’ significant, must be factored into global climate targets

Posted by Eliza Romero on October 17, 2022

Infographic of earth with rising levels of C02 depicted

By the end of this century, permafrost in the rapidly warming Arctic will likely emit as much carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere as a large industrial nation, and potentially more than the U.S. has emitted since the start of the industrial revolution.  

But that’s only… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

2022 Flagstaff Festival of Science features NAU scientists, artists and educators, Sept. 23-Oct. 2

Posted by Heather Tate on September 6, 2022

More than 100 free family-friendly events focus on ancient cultures, the environment and more

Flagstaff Festival of Science scheduleThe 2022 Festival of Science, a Flagstaff tradition since 1990, kicks off on Friday, Sept. 23, bringing more than 100 free, family-friendly events to the community—many of them highlighting Northern Arizona University faculty and staff as presenters, lecturers and hosts.

This year’s Festival theme is “Pyramids… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Flagstaff Festival of Science, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

NAU’s Kaufman lead author on IPCC global climate change report

Posted by Heather Tate on August 9, 2021

Team of NAU paleoclimatologists contribute to major report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, forming scientific underpinnings for negotiations to limit carbon emissions worldwide

Darrell Kaufman in lab
NAU Regents’ Professor Darrell Kaufman examines a lake sediment core he and his students recently collected from central Alaska.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) has just released its latest major assessment report on global climate change, approved by the world’s… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, School of Earth and Sustainability, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Team awarded $2M NSF grant to teach virtual explorers about permafrost and Arctic climate change

Posted by Heather Tate on July 19, 2021

Arctic illustrationScientists at Northern Arizona University, Arizona State University, the Arizona Geological Survey at the University of Arizona and the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado Boulder have been awarded almost $2 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a virtual reality teaching tool called Polar Explorer. In this… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Earth and Sustainability

New $764K award from Dept. of Energy will help better predict fate of permafrost carbon

Posted by Heather Tate on

Christina Schaedel working on a computer As the Arctic endures another summer of record-breaking surface air temperatures, a team from NAU, led by Ecoss’ assistant research professor Christina Schädel, has been awarded a three-year, $764,000 grant from the Department of Energy to help improve models that predict what will happen to permafrost carbon as the Arctic continues to warm. The team, which includes Ecoss Regent’s Professor Ted Schuur, School of… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Earth and Sustainability

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