MAY 16, 2020 Research Highlight GCAM v5.1: Representing the Linkages between Energy, Water, Land, Climate, and Economic Systems ( Read More )
MAY 4, 2020 Research Highlight Roadmap for Net-Zero Emissions in California by 2050 Also Brings Health Benefits Early achievement of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in California brings much larger health benefits than economic cost. ( Read More )
MARCH 20, 2020 Research Highlight Sensitivity of Sea Ice Albedo Feedback Estimates to the Calculation of Atmospheric Transmissivity A new procedure for estimating sunlight reflection provides insight into feedbacks that affect Arctic warming. ( Read More )
MARCH 16, 2020 Research Highlight Fine-Scale Variability of Surface Albedo on the Southern Great Plains Tower, aircraft, and satellite observations combined to evaluate weather forecast model. ( Read More )
MARCH 4, 2020 Research Highlight When Urban and Natural Emissions Hang Out at Night Nighttime interaction between Bay Area pollution and biogenic isoprene led to efficient formation of secondary organic aerosols. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 14, 2020 Research Highlight Soil “Breathes Out” More CO2 During Warmer Temperatures When Near Large Trees Tree presence impacts how soils respond to temperature change in coastal forest. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 7, 2020 Research Highlight River Regulation Alleviates Thermoelectric Power Loss Induced by Warming An integrated water model quantifies the impact of water management on thermoelectric power plant generation. ( Read More )
JANUARY 22, 2020 Research Highlight Probabilistic Projections of Sea-Level Rise and Global Mean Temperature using Hector Scientists are exploring ways to derive more accurate predictions that can help with preparations for changing sea levels ( Read More )
OCTOBER 4, 2019 Research Highlight Fire Increases Ecosystem Vulnerability to Future Disturbance Events A new study examines how back how back-to-back extreme events can affect a forest landscape. ( Read More )
JULY 10, 2019 Research Highlight A Pathway of Global Food Supply Adaptation in a World with Increasingly Constrained Groundwater Small increases in irrigated and rainfed crop production across regions where water remains plentiful could help keep food shelves stocked worldwide. ( Read More )
JULY 1, 2019 Research Highlight A Flexible, Robust, High-Performance Data System for the GCAM Model A new data system—gcamdata—with its robust, clear, and easy-to-use application, was developed to be applied to a variety of Global Change Assessment Model scenarios. ( Read More )
JULY 1, 2019 Research Highlight Quantifying Decision Uncertainty in Water Management via a Coupled Agent-Based Model Agent-based models of water resource management can include the interaction between human-engineered systems and natural processes ( Read More )
JULY 1, 2019 Research Highlight A Crop Yield Change Emulator for Use in GCAM and Similar Models: Persephone v1.0 Research software aims to formulate an accurate way to explore feedbacks among socioeconomics, Earth system changes, and crop yield changes ( Read More )
JUNE 30, 2019 Research Highlight Sensitivity of Western U.S. Power System Dynamics to Droughts Compounded with Fuel Price Variability ( Read More )
JUNE 28, 2019 Research Highlight Global Agricultural Green and Blue Water Consumption Under Future Climate and Land Use Conditions ( Read More )
JUNE 11, 2019 Research Highlight A Global Hydrologic Framework to Accelerate Scientific Discovery ( Read More )
JUNE 6, 2019 Research Highlight Calibrating Building Energy Demand Models to Refine Long-Term Energy Planning ( Read More )
MAY 24, 2019 Research Highlight Projecting Global Urban Area Growth through 2100 Based on Historical Time Series Data and Future Scenarios ( Read More )
