atmospheric science

(Yale University) If climate disasters are to be averted, atmospheric carbon dioxide must be reduced below the levels that already exist today, according to a study published in Open Atmospheric Science Journal by a group of 10 scientists from the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

(University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) A paper by University of Miami professor Peter Swart in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines changes over the past 10 million years in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.

The study is a step in terms of rethinking how geologists interpret variations in the 13C/12C ratio throughout Earth's history.

(University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) The National Oceanographic Partnership Program, a collaboration of federal agencies providing leadership and coordination on national oceanographic research and education, has announced that it will fund a three year project being led by scientists at the University of Miami.

Two separate research projects will focus on understanding the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and will be funded at nearly $600,000 and $850,000.

(University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) The University of Miami's Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing announced that it will house a library of data collected via spaceborne C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar.

The initiative, led by the Canadian Space Agency, in cooperation with UM/CSTARS, NOAA and NASA will provide qualified scientists with free access to more than 150 images that will help them to better understand the dynamics of hurricane and typhoon genesis, morphology and movement.

Kim Psencik, a PhD student at UM's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, was recently awarded the MARGINS Student Prize for best paper/presentation.

The prize is in recognition of her AGU presentation titled "Current Status and Future Directives of the Nicoya Peninsula Continuous GPS Network, Costa Rica, in Regard to Slip Style and Distribution." Her presentation addressed the slow slip processes occurring in the Cocos-Caribbean Subduction zone on the west coast of Costa Rica.