Climate Change
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A ‘pause’ in global warming?
Using data on photosynthesis, Clark geographer weighs in on climate change debate
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At Paris talks, USDA presents global food security report; Clark scientist a lead author
As world leaders meet in Paris for international climate change talks, a just-released report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture co-authored by Clark University Professor Edward Carr is focusing attention on how climate change will likely impact the world’s food security. Carr, director of the International Development, Community and Environment Department, was a lead author…
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Clark University Climate Change Teach-In grapples with the ‘issue of our time’
Don’t be fooled by Worcester’s brutal winter, Susanne Moser, Ph.D. ’97, told the audience in Atwood Hall. Our planet just experienced its warmest year on record, and the temperatures are rising. “Every single ecological and biological system on earth is seeing the impact of climate change” in unprecedented ways, Moser said. “There is no arguing…
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Major funders support George Perkins Marsh Institute research on coastal risks and climate-change adaptation
The vulnerability of coastal communities is gaining urgent attention in the face of climate change and devastating weather-related flooding and erosion. Clark University Professor of Economics Robert Johnston, director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University, is leading vital research into the environmental and economic impacts of coastal hazards and adaptation along Northeast…
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Research points to more rapid loss of glacial ice mass, rising sea level
Study co-authored by Clark University geographer Prof. Gardner shows that glaciers in Canada’s Arctic will melt faster than ever and loss could be irreversible
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Johnston receives grant for research that will help protect Northeast coastal communities
Clark University Professor of Economics Robert Johnston, director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute, was recently awarded a $199,947 grant from the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium for his project titled “Climate change adaptation and ecosystem service resilience in Northeast coastal communities.” The grant will support his research on the vulnerability of Northeast coastal communities to hazards from a changing climate…
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Clark scientist to lead NASA research on sea ice in Arctic
With support of $735K grant, Prof. Karen Frey and two Ph.D. students will study climate change from aboard icebreakers Professor Frey recently received funding from the NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program for a project titled “Impacts of Sea Ice Decline and River Discharge Shifts on Biological Productivity in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.” Frey…