The University of Miami is welcoming leaders from institutions across the nation this week at the Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit to share ideas on combating the climate crisis.
Kenneth Feeley, associate professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the John C. Gifford Arboretum at the University of Miami, explains his research on tropical forests and his passion for training the next generation of scientists.
Students at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science are working side-by-side with scientists and researchers on a U.S. Navy-funded project that will help improve weather forecasting.
Researchers from the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science are spearheading an experiment that will help forecasters better understand how coastal land, air, and sea interactions influence weather events. The study recently completed its final deployment of buoys in Gulf of Mexico waters near the Florida Panhandle.
In the first of the “Sea Secrets Lecture Series,” the Rosenstiel School’s director of underwater archaeology and exploration narrated how his team’s endeavors to excavate shipwrecks during the past decade have revealed a deeper understanding of the role of piracy in hemispheric history.
Jeffrey Duerk, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, offers his take on the capabilities of the new language software that has quickly entered the educational arena.
A “parade” of atmospheric river storms that have pummeled California since late December is finally ending, and drier days are ahead. But as the Earth’s climate continues to warm, atmospheric rivers will only become more frequent and intense, warns a University of Miami scientist.
An unusually quiet August was followed by a series of intense storms, but the season was near-normal after an initial forecast of above average. The University of Miami’s tropical cyclone experts deployed expendables and flew into the heart of storms in their ongoing quest to learn more about hurricanes.
University of Miami oceanographer Lisa Beal is renowned for her field studies on the Agulhas Current and its impact on climate change.
Free online resources expanded by the Office of Civic and Community Engagement, with support from JPMorgan Chase, visualizes risks associated with extreme heat on vulnerable communities in Miami-Dade County.