2025-11-21
- The Fall 2025 edition of the CliMAS Department Newsletter is hot off the press - learn more about our activities, faculty and student news, and more!You can learn about professor Larry Di Giralomo's journey with the MISR instrument, how PhD alum Katharine Hayhoe balances being a devout Christian and a leading voice on climate change, about CliMAS' new weather podcast, and more!The newsletter will...
2025-11-14 - Twelve scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2025 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list. The list recognizes researchers and social scientists who have demonstrated exceptional influence, as reflected through their publication of...
2025-11-05 - When Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, it became the strongest hurricane on record to strike the island. The storm’s combination of slow movement and extreme intensity brought devastating winds and rainfall across parts of the Caribbean, raising new questions about how such powerful systems form and behave.To help make sense of what happened, we spoke with...
2025-09-24 - Lei Zhao, professor of civil and environmental engineering at The Grainger College of Engineering and affiliate professor in the Department of Climate, Meteorology, and Atmospheric Sciences, has been awarded the American Geophysical Union James B. Macelwane Medal, one of the most prestigious honors recognizing early-career scientists in Earth and space science. The medal is presented annually to...
2025-09-15 - The world of weather and climate science is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and set against a challenging federal funding environment. In this story, we’ll talk about the changing landscape and how weather and climate data are aggregated, shared, and used. Dr. Gan Zhang is not only an expert on weather extremes and their...
2025-09-01 - The start of the fall semester marks another year of community-building and professional development for the undergraduates of the Illinois Student Organization for Meteorology (ISTORM). The student AMS chapter strives to create a welcoming space for students of all backgrounds, introducing many to the professional field of atmospheric sciences. Philanthropic fundraisers were the...- 2025-08-08 - Illinois Public Media premieres a new weekly radio program and podcast, a partnership with the Department of Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences in the School of Earth, Society & Environment at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Weather Realness brings the best weather and climate scientists in Illinois to help the public understand weather and climate by...
2025-08-04 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — On Tuesday, President Trump’s administration proposed revoking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding,” a 2009 scientific finding that underpins U.S. policy on greenhouse gas emissions. By identifying the gases as a threat to public health and welfare, the finding provides the basis for many emissions regulations....
2025-07-29 - As Larry Di Girolamo stood at Vandenberg Air Force Base in December 1999, he was a relatively new professor in what would become the Department of Climate, Meteorology, & Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois. He had come to witness ...
2025-06-16 - Katharine Hayhoe (MS ’97, PhD ’10) has built a career around making climate science accessible—and personal. A world-renowned atmospheric scientist, Hayhoe bridges divides that often seem irreconcilable: she is both a devout Christian and a leading voice on climate change. Her work reaches audiences across political, cultural, and religious lines, driven by the belief that “climate change is not...- 2025-05-16 - We'll again be participating in a FREE interdisciplinary Earth Sciences summer camp for kids on campus. Learn more & sign up:Earth, Society & Environment (ESE) Camp for Kids | School of Earth, Society & Environment | Illinois
2025-05-12 - In 2023, global temperatures spiked in a way that puzzled scientists, sparked headlines, and led many people to wonder whether the climate was entering an unpredictable new phase. The spike stood out so dramatically that some called it mysterious or unprecedented.But the spike wasn't so mysterious for Shiv Priyam...
2025-03-26 - Join us for the 2025 Ogura Lecture featuring honoree, Professor Adam Sobel, Columbia University
2024-12-05 - Faculty, Staff, Alumni, and Friends are cordially invited to upcoming receptions at the 2024 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting and 2025 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. We hope to see you there! SESE Reception at AGU: Monday, December 9, 2024 6:30-8:30 p.m. Grand Hyatt Washington, Franklin/McPherson Room 1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20001...
2024-12-05 - Prof. Atul Jain has been named to the 2024 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list. The list recognizes researchers and social scientists who have demonstrated exceptional influence, as reflected through their publication of multiple papers frequently cited by their peers during the last decade. Read more at this College of LAS article:...