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Indiana Wetlands Task Force Final Report Favors Wetlands Protection
October 13, 2022
Purdue ISF affiliate Jake Hosen weighs in with IER reporter Enrique Saenz about the results of the IN wetlands task force as summarized in their final report and the importance of isolate wetlands for flood mitigation and ecosystem health.
Indiana Wetlands Task Force Final Report Favors Wetlands Protection
Purdue team introduces advance in automatic forest mapping technology
October 5, 2022
How lightning travels from the sky to the ground inspired the concept behind a new algorithmic approach to digitally separate individual trees from their forests in automatic forest mapping.
Purdue team introduces advance in automatic forest mapping technology
Rainwater collected in the Andes Mountains contains fingerprints of atmospheric processes
October 3, 2022
The Andes Mountains of Peru hold key evidence of the world’s most precious resource: water. Ice cores on the mountains reveal stable isotope signatures of warm and cold spells in the past and even cave stalactites store information about the water that has poured down over this region for thousands of years.
Rainwater collected in the Andes Mountains contains fingerprints of atmospheric processes
Breakthrough could transform single-use plastics recycling
September 27, 2022
Microplastics (small pieces of plastic that retain their original carbon-carbon bond) pose a particular health risk, because of their minute sizes (less than 100 micrometers) and ability to move up the food chain and be ingested by humans.
Building-within-a-building enables customized thermal comfort, delivered through the walls
September 23, 2022
With today’s “smart” homes, you can activate lights and air-conditioning with a simple verbal request. But are these systems really “smart” enough to know which room you’re in?
Building-within-a-building enables customized thermal comfort, delivered through the walls
Forest migration plays a role in fall foliage colors
September 22, 2022
While forests are not uprooting and physically moving to new locations, Jingjing Liang says tree species are migrating to more ideal environments in response to climate change.
Purdue to boost climate-smart forestry practices among private landowners
September 22, 2022
Purdue University has received $12 million of a $35 million project led by the American Forest Foundation and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities to help family forest owners practice climate-smart forestry in Indiana and eight other states throughout the eastern half of the U.S.
Purdue to boost climate-smart forestry practices among private landowners
Purdue Institute to integrate climate and environmental studies
September 21, 2022
Purdue University enhanced its dedication to global resilience and sustainability through the launch of the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future, a new interdisciplinary research organization focused on climate, environment and food-energy-water security research.
Purdue Institute to integrate climate and environmental studies
The US Is Measuring Extreme Heat Wrong
September 20, 2022
Recent studies have revealed flaws in the heat index. With rising temperatures and humidity, maybe it’s time for a more holistic approach.
Assessing global biodiversity with ears to the ground, NASA eyes in the sky
September 15, 2022
Purdue University professor Bryan Pijanowski’s research team will be working in some wild and remote places around the globe in the coming year.
Assessing global biodiversity with ears to the ground, NASA eyes in the sky