{"id":15220,"date":"2023-07-26T18:39:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?p=15220"},"modified":"2023-07-27T16:45:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T16:45:30","slug":"through-the-atmosphere-winter-spring-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/15220","title":{"rendered":"Through the Atmosphere Winter\/Spring 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/Brad_Pierce_Portrait-1026x1008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12152\" width=\"231\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/Brad_Pierce_Portrait-1026x1008.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/Brad_Pierce_Portrait-325x319.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/Brad_Pierce_Portrait-768x754.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SSEC Director Brad Pierce<br>Credit: Bryce Richter \/ UW-Madison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Climate change \u2014 Two words that are as familiar as they are urgent. And two words that figure into most of our research, especially as we consider its applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More and more, our research increases knowledge about global climate, whether by providing access to decades of surface data in the Antarctic or uncovering layers of ancient climate through glacial ice coring.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/TtA_Winter_Spring_2023_web.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/07\/TtA_Winter_Spring_2023_Cover_Thumbnail-770x1026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15218\" width=\"183\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/07\/TtA_Winter_Spring_2023_Cover_Thumbnail-770x1026.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/07\/TtA_Winter_Spring_2023_Cover_Thumbnail-244x325.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/07\/TtA_Winter_Spring_2023_Cover_Thumbnail-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/07\/TtA_Winter_Spring_2023_Cover_Thumbnail-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/07\/TtA_Winter_Spring_2023_Cover_Thumbnail.jpg 1238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Read the Winter\/Spring 2023 issue <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the farthest reaches of the atmosphere, with access to satellite data, we are able to track and monitor atmospheric rivers, conveyor belts of moisture that accelerate glacial melt in places like Greenland \u2014 places that regulate Earth\u2019s temperature and climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But because research isn\u2019t enough, we teach students the principles of climate change and its impact on society, in hopes of engaging more of them in research careers and if not, encouraging them to be climate-minded in their daily lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowing is part of solving. To that end, we continue to harness environmental data and satellite observations, to increase awareness but importantly, to inform science-based solutions and mitigation strategies to adapt to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the&nbsp;issue and download the PDF&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/through-the-atmos\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate change \u2014 Two words that are as familiar as they are urgent. And two words that figure into most of our research, especially as we consider its applications. 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