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News Release 11-232
Earth System Models at Decadal and Regional Scales Critical to Understanding Climate Change Effects
New NSF grants seek to improve predictions of climate change and how it will affect Earth's future
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Simulation of a month of 20th century climate, using the Community Climate System Model.
Credit: UCAR
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Teleconnection patterns in upper level winds: observations (top) and simulations (bottom).
Credit: Florian Sabou and John B. Marston, Brown University; Tapio Schneider, Caltech
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Is agriculture possible in some places if climate gets drier? EaSM scientists are finding out.
Credit: Guillermo Podesta, University of Miami
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NSF EaSM scientists are including forests, down to individual trees, in new climate models.
Credit: R. Quinn Thomas, Cornell University
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The Pine Island Glacier of Antarctica is rapidly melting; how fast is the process occurring?
Credit: David Bromwich, Ohio State University, with graphics from treehugger.com
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EaSM researcher Hyo Jin Kim carries sampling gear to an Eel River, California, watershed site.
Credit: Thomas Powell, UC-Berkeley
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