The National Science Foundation awarded more than $256,000 to study the effects of climate change on Arctic watersheds in the Aklavik Range of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric sciences at Penn State, has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the Leo Szilard Lectureship Award from the American Physical Society. The award recognizes outstanding accomplishments by physicists in promoting the use of physics for the benefit of society in such areas as the environment, arms control and science policy.

Katabatic winds, also called drainage winds, carry high-density air from a higher elevation down a slope under the force of gravity. Although katabatic flows are ubiquitous in alpine and polar regions, turbulent transport of heat, water vapor, momentum and particles (such as snow) are poorly understood in these flows, undermining the accuracy of numerical weather and climate prediction models.

A new study has shown how circadian rhythms in heart cells help to change heart function over the course of the day and may explain why shift workers are more vulnerable to heart problems.

Ocean warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse-​gas emissions will prompt many species of marine plankton to seek out new habitats, in some cases as a matter of sur-​vival. ETH Zurich researchers expect many organisms to head to the poles and form new communities – with unforeseeable consequences for marine food webs.

A new project backed by Cornell University and the USDA will explore the economic benefits of grazing sheep under industrial-scale solar arrays.

A new paper led by Concordia researchers presents a new methodology to create a watershed-scale flood model based on LiDAR data.

In a new study, Gary Moore and his research group explore different approaches to catalysis, a chemical process that plays an essential role in biological reactions, as well as many industrial applications. Chemical catalysts have been used in a variety of human applications, ranging from pharmaceutical development to biodegradable plastics and environmentally safe fertilizers. They may also advance the development of green energy solutions to address the climate crisis, an area Moore’s group has actively pursued.