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EAS Professor Dr. Yuanzhi Tang has accepted the position of Co-editor-in-chief for Chemical Geology (Elsevier)
Seven postdoctoral scholars were awarded conference travel awards for their outstanding presentations at the 10th Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium on November 8, 2024.
At the invitation of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, a team of Ph.D. students designed an ocean-cooling system to help stop coral bleaching.
The annual Student and Alumni Leadership Dinner highlighted the importance of alumni-student connections, with BrandSafway receiving the first-ever Internship Employer of the Year award for its outstanding internship program.
Seminars are held on Thursdays from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM (except where noted) virtually or in the Charles H. Jones Auditorium (L1205) in the Ford ES&T Building. For more information, please contact the Main Office at (404) 894-3893 or the speaker host (listed below).
Organizers: Ali Sarhadi, Shi Sim, and Nisaa Buchanan
Hurricane Helene hit parts of inland North Carolina and caused flooding and damage in parts of Georgia, both areas not used to these sorts of conditions. Annalisa Bracco, a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, said climate change is causing extreme weather conditions in places unfamiliar with these disasters.
“In general, [the increase in natural disasters] is telling us that the climate is indeed changing and that climate models have been overall correct in predicting conditions that will exacerbate extreme events, and we are seeing the impacts of that,” Bracco said.
“Temperatures are getting higher and extremes are getting more common: more droughts, more heavy rains, more forest fires, more heat waves, increased storminess, also more strong cold spells in places not used to getting them as strong.”
The Southerner
October 29, 2024The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has been intense, marked by multiple powerful storms hitting the U.S. coast. The season runs from June 1 to November 30, with conditions like warm ocean temperatures and low wind shear fostering storm development. "Storms can intensify fast if they encounter the right conditions and that could happen at any time," says Annalisa Bracco, associate chair and professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. "But we are later in the season, and that means that favorable conditions for fast intensification are less likely than when Milton happened. Wind shear tends to be stronger — on average — at the end of October compared to early September, and sea surface temperatures are on average cooler than in August-September."
Newsweek
October 22, 2024Talk about a Halloween treat. Astronomers say a recently discovered comet will be blazing by the Earth in broad daylight just in time for Halloween. Professor James Wray in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences says Comet C/2024 S1, first found at the end of September, will pass around the Earth on Oct. 24. "Look low in the eastern sky just before sunrise,” says Wray. "Then, after swinging around the sun, the comet may reappear in the western night sky right around Halloween.”
Related Coverage: The Times of India, Space.com
New York Post
October 21, 2024
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