Solving the Puzzle: Researching the Impacts of Climate Change Around the World

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 4
Earth’s Changing Climate......Page 5
Putting the Pieces Together......Page 7
Observational Networks......Page 8
Solving the Puzzle......Page 9
SKY......Page 12
Modeling......Page 13
Community Climate System Model......Page 14
Blue re......Page 15
Frontiers of Atmospheric Research......Page 16
Earth System Interactions......Page 17
High-Performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research......Page 18
Conclusion......Page 19
Intensi cation of Paci c Storm Track Linked to Asian Pollution......Page 20
Will Climate Change Cause an Increase in Severe understorms?......Page 21
Improving Climate Model Predictions rough a Surprising Link to Snow Cover Simulation......Page 22
Human Activities Are Boosting Ocean Temperatures in Areas Where Hurricanes Form, New Study Finds......Page 23
The Effects of Climate Change on Ozone Distribution......Page 24
Urban Trace-Gas Emissions Study: Interactions Among Canopy Processes, Anthropogenic Emissions, and Social Institutions in the Sa......Page 25
Individual-Particle Investigations of East Asian Aerosols From the Aerosol Characterization Experiment......Page 26
Identifying Clouds Using Statistical Tools......Page 27
In Search of the North American Monsoon......Page 28
SEA......Page 31
Ocean Modeling......Page 32
Ocean Observatories Initiative......Page 33
Ocean Climate Records......Page 34
U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics......Page 35
Conclusion......Page 36
Air-Sea Exchange Measurements by Eddy Correlation......Page 37
First Arctic Ocean Drilling Reveals Subtropical Past......Page 38
 FrozenŽ Natural Gas Discovered at Unexpectedly Shallow Depths Below Sea” oor......Page 39
New Climate Mode of Variability, the North Paci c Gyre Oscillation, Links Ocean Climate and Ecosystem Change......Page 40
Ocean Acidi cation and Polar Ecosystems......Page 41
Tracking the Ocean’s Motion, Temperature, and More......Page 42
Interactions Between the Wind and Oceanic Eddies Stimulate Higher Biological Productivity in Subtropical Ocean Surface Waters......Page 43
Science and Technology Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction......Page 44
Saltier Tropical Oceans and Fresher Ocean Waters Near the Poles: More Signs of Global Climate Change......Page 45
ICE......Page 47
Polar Research......Page 48
International Polar Year......Page 49
Permanent NSF Antarctic Research Facilities Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station......Page 50
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets......Page 51
International Trans Antarctic Scienti c Expedition......Page 52
Arctic Observing Network......Page 53
Permanent NSF Arctic Research Facilities:......Page 54
Conclusion......Page 55
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets......Page 56
Winter Research Capability at Toolik Field Station, Alaska......Page 57
What Is Happening to the Antarctic Sea Ice Cover?......Page 58
Connections: Sea-Level Rise, Climate Change, and the Dynamics of Glaciers......Page 59
Ancient Glaciers in Antarctica Are Key to Understanding Climate Change......Page 60
Calibrating Past Climate Change in the High Arctic: Svalbard, Norway, Research Experiences for Undergraduates......Page 61
Studying Past Changes in Arctic Fossils......Page 62
Arctic Cetaceans: Indicators of Climate Change......Page 63
LAND......Page 66
Center for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas......Page 67
Forests......Page 68
Conclusion......Page 69
Mississippi to Montana: Plants Danced to Climate’s Quick Tune......Page 70
Cave Deposits as Archives of Earth’s Past Climate......Page 71
Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network Expands Partnerships in the United States and Abroad to Advance the Scale of Lake Res......Page 72
Closing in on the Missing Carbon Dioxide Sink......Page 73
Social Scientist Tackles Deforestation in Maine......Page 74
Interdisciplinary Project Explores Interactions Between Land Use and Climate Change at Regional and Local Scales in Eastern Afri......Page 75
Calibration of Earth History......Page 76
LIFE......Page 78
National Ecological Observing Network......Page 79
Species Adaptation......Page 80
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis......Page 81
Conclusion......Page 82
Predicting the Next Mammals at Risk......Page 83
Climate Change: A Driver of Evolution......Page 84
Germ Bath Helps Amphibians Fight O Fungus......Page 85
Sea-Level Rise reatens Mangrove Forests......Page 86
Positive Feedback: New Plant Growth in Tundra Causes Further Warming......Page 87
Tropical Forests A ected by Climate Change......Page 88
Nitrogen: e Fertilizer of Climate Change Modeling......Page 89
Cyberinfrastructure and Biodiversity......Page 90
EcoPod: An Electronic Field Guide for Informed Amateurs and Professionals......Page 91
Nature Versus Nurture: How Does Genetic Structure A ect Plant Response to Environmental Cues?......Page 92
PEOPLE......Page 94
Modeling Human Behavior......Page 95
Decisionmaking......Page 96
Dynamics of Coupled Human and Natural Systems......Page 97
Education......Page 98
Developing Ocean Literacy......Page 99
Technologies......Page 100
Conclusion......Page 101
Ecological Risk Ranking: A Method for Improving Public Participation......Page 102
e Alaska Lake Ice and Snow Observatory Network: A Statewide K…12 and University Science Education and Research Partnership......Page 103
HIPerWall: Development of a High-Performance Visualization System for Collaborative Earth System Sciences......Page 104
Improving Grid Reliability With Distributed Energy and Storage......Page 105
International Workshop Explores Bio-Geo Engineering Research Opportunities......Page 106
Experiencing Climate Change: Assessing Knowledge, Resilience, and Adaptation Among the Viliui Sakha......Page 107
South American Climate Change Linked to Fall of Mayan Civilization......Page 108
Agricultural Decisionmaking in Indonesia: Integrating Climate Science, Risk Assessment, and Policy Analysis......Page 109
Workshop to Spur U.S.-China Cooperation in Bioenergy Development......Page 110
Improving Biomass Conversion to Ethanol for Renewable Energy......Page 111
Antarctic Penguins: Teaching the Science of Climate Change......Page 112
Credits......Page 113
Back Cover......Page 114