PeatDataHub launch meeting; Leeds, United Kingdom, 23–24 May 2016
Science Updates
Balloon Launches Introduce Students to Space Science
High school students launch their own high-altitude payloads and learn from their successes and failures through a science research training program led by the University of New Hampshire.
Flood Response Using Earth Observation Data and Products
NASA Flood Response Workshop; Greenbelt, Maryland, 14–16 June 2016
Scientists Spend Arctic Winter Adrift on Sea Ice
A hovercraft-based ice drift station gives researchers access to previously inaccessible regions of the changing Arctic sea ice cover off the coast of Greenland.
Joint Aerosol Research Between Cuba and Spain Proves Fruitful
Optics Atmospheric Teams' Workshop; Camagüey, Cuba, 27–29 January 2016
Climate-Driven Change in Ice-Free Areas of Greenland
KAIRN (Kangerlussuaq International Research Network) 2nd Annual Meeting; Acadia National Park, Maine, 4–7 May 2016
Developments in Ice Core Research on Past Climate Change
IPICS 2016 Open Science Conference; Hobart, Australia, 7–11 March 2016
Climate Change, Groundwater Management, and California's Future
Conference on Climate Change and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act; University of California, Davis, California, 4–5 April 2016
Comprehensive Earth System Models of the Last Glacial Cycle
Much of modern climate science fails to consider millennium-scale processes, many of which may prove to be important for predicting the climate trajectory in the shorter term.
Probing the History of New Zealand's Orakei Maar
A team of scientists drilled into the bed within a northern New Zealand explosion crater lake to gain insights into volcanic hazards and past climates.
