{"id":13398,"date":"2020-12-21T20:05:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T20:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?p=13398"},"modified":"2020-12-21T20:05:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T20:05:26","slug":"2020-in-review-a-year-of-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/13398","title":{"rendered":"2020 in review: A year of science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">2020 has been an unprecedented and uncertain year. Over the last 12 months, our scientists and the staff who support them have continued in their commitment to advancing research, innovation and education. The selection of stories below features some of our contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Best wishes for a healthy, safe and peaceful new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Brad Pierce, SSEC Director &amp; Tristan L&#8217;Ecuyer, CIMSS Director<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"eoy-highlights \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/13399\" class=\"highlight\" title=\"BADGER SUMMER SCHOLARS - Creating a virtual experience for high school students\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-21-at-12.03.45-PM-768x461.png\" class=\"image\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\" data-title=\"BADGER SUMMER SCHOLARS - Creating a virtual experience for high school students\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBADGER SUMMER SCHOLARS &#8211; Creating a virtual experience for high school students\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/13408\" class=\"highlight\" title=\"STUDENT RESEARCH - Contributions to climate solutions\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/12\/Chuck_White_Anne_Sledd_2020_highlights_banner-1.jpg\" class=\"image\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\" data-title=\"STUDENT RESEARCH - Contributions to climate solutions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSTUDENT RESEARCH &#8211; Contributions to climate solutions\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/13337\" class=\"highlight\" title=\"NATURAL DISASTER RISKS - Resilience research in a changing climate\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/11\/2020-billion-dollar-disaster-map_web_banner-768x292.png\" class=\"image\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\" data-title=\"NATURAL DISASTER RISKS - Resilience research in a changing climate\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\tNATURAL DISASTER RISKS &#8211; Resilience research in a changing climate\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/13243\" class=\"highlight\" title=\"HURRICANE SHIFTS - Trends in hurricane behavior show stronger, slower and far reaching storms\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/10\/Hurricane_Shifts_Feature_Image-768x767.png\" class=\"image\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\" data-title=\"HURRICANE SHIFTS - Trends in hurricane behavior show stronger, slower and far reaching storms\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHURRICANE SHIFTS &#8211; Trends in hurricane behavior show stronger, slower and far reaching storms\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/13352\" class=\"highlight\" title=\"ARCTIC SEA ICE TRENDS - The connection between ice age and thickness\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/11\/Iceberg_greenland_arctic_credit_Jonny_Carstensen_web_banner-768x292.jpg\" class=\"image\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\" data-title=\"ARCTIC SEA ICE TRENDS - The connection between ice age and thickness\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\tARCTIC SEA ICE TRENDS &#8211; The connection between ice age and thickness\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/13142\" class=\"highlight\" title=\"COLDEST GREENLAND TEMP CONFIRMED BY WMO - AMRC Automatic Weather Station records -93.2 F in 1991\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/09\/Greenland_Credit_NASA-768x512.jpg\" class=\"image\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\" data-title=\"COLDEST GREENLAND TEMP CONFIRMED BY WMO - AMRC Automatic Weather Station records -93.2 F in 1991\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCOLDEST GREENLAND TEMP CONFIRMED BY WMO &#8211; 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