The University of Wisconsin Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences welcomed senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado Clara Deser as their 15th ...

Eccentricity. Obliquity. Precession. The Earth’s climate is influenced by both natural long-term cycles and recent human activities. The Milankovitch cycles refer to the long-term variations in the ...

Climate is constantly changing and will continue to do so; we cannot assume a stable climate system even in the absence of anthropogenic influences. Such variability manifests itself over a continuum ...

At a time when we are faced with an increasing global population, (Estimated to nearly 10 billion by 2050), climate change is ...

Earth and climate sciences are key to addressing scientific issues relating to energy, mineral, and water resource security; ecosystem and environmental stewardship; hazards risk assessment; ...

Dramatic droughts linked to the decline of the Classic Maya civilization approximately 800 to 1000 CE may not have required ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Planning Committee Biographical Sketches." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Frontiers in Decadal Climate Variability: Proceedings of a ...