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Two College of Agriculture professors tapped for EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board

August 27, 2021

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Sylvie Brouder, professor of agronomy, and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, director of the Center for Global Trade Analysis (GTAP) and agricultural economics research professor, were recently appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board (SAB). This is Brouder’s second appointment to the SAB. The board is composed of scientists, researchers and…

Indiana Land Use Summit to highlight innovations in land use planning

July 21, 2021

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Hoosiers passionate about land use planning for agriculture and natural resources can now register for the Indiana Land Use Summit workshop hosted by Purdue Extension and the Indiana Land Resources Council. The virtual workshop will meet 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET on Sept. 8-9. A policy update panel with the American Planning Association-Indiana…

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Wildfires have enabled boreal forests in North America to become a major carbon source which will likely only get worse

May 13, 2021

Forests around the world are known to emit and consume carbon.  The balance of carbon depends on the rates of emissions and consumption.  A recent publication in Scientific Reports by Purdue EAPS Professor Qianlai Zhuang and PhD student, Bailu Zhao, use satellite data and a mechanistically-based biogeochemistry model to quantify the impacts of wildfires on carbon cycling in North America boreal…

Purdue will be new home for Midwestern Regional Climate Center

April 14, 2021

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has named Purdue University as the new host of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center (MRCC). Beth Hall, Indiana state climatologist, will direct the center for five years with $3.1 million in federal base funding. Hall came to Purdue in 2019 to lead the state’s climate…

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Shark Teeth Provide Clues About Ancient Global Change

January 25, 2021

Written by Lorena Anderson, UC Merced A character in a very famous movie about a great white shark once said all sharks do is “swim and eat and make little sharks.” It turns out they do much more than that. Sharks have roamed Earth’s oceans for more than 400 million years, quietly recording the planet’s…

Indiana climate assessment research featured in Climatic Change special issue

January 8, 2021

In December 2020, a special issue featuring the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment (IN CCIA) was published in the journal Climatic Change. This special issue, which builds on more than a decade of state climate assessment research, includes 9 publications (free access links below) that provide an in-depth look at Indiana’s future climate and consequences…

Indiana Department of Education Announces New Climate Change Education Framework in Partnership with Purdue

January 7, 2021

INDIANAPOLIS – In partnership with the Purdue Climate Change Research Center (PCCRC) and Purdue University College of Science, the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) today announced the state’s new Climate Change Education Framework. The Indiana Climate Change Education Framework offers easily accessible and scientifically curated instructional resources to educators interested in infusing their curriculum with…

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From climate researcher to senior policy advisor

December 1, 2020

By: Rose Filley On Capitol Hill, the day-to-day business of government works because of smart, hardworking people with a passion for public service—people like Purdue alumnus, Dr. Aaron Goldner. Back in 2013 you could find Goldner at one of West Lafayette’s coffee houses, chugging through lines of code. His graduate research focused on understanding what…

SNOOPIng on our water from space

November 12, 2020

Sometimes you need to get far away from something to see it clearly. Take subsurface soil moisture, the water available to plants for absorption at the root level. This needs to be measured accurately for food production vital to a growing global population. The data, along with snowpack measurements, also could help predict floods and…

Irrigation increases dangerous humid heat extremes

October 26, 2020

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Agricultural irrigation is an important practice for sustaining food production in many regions of the world. Besides improving agricultural yields, irrigation also affects climate conditions, typically lowering land surface temperatures in a field and the surrounding areas. But a new study shows that in some parts of the world, irrigation increases…