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Upcoming Events
Participants specializing in various disciplines, often from the natural and social science fields, are invited to attend these events. Public Lectures held during the workshops are open to the public. If you are interested in learning more please contact us
2022
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Arctic Climate and Weather Extremes: Detection, Attribution, and Future Projection
May 17, 2022 to May 20, 2022Science Session -
When Science Outreach Can Move Mountains: The Last Tropical Glaciers
May 18, 2022 Walter Orr Roberts
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Exploring the Frontiers in Earth System Modeling with Machine Learning and Big Data
June 05, 2022 to June 10, 2022Science Session
Featured News
What is the Link Between Human-Bear Conflict and Ecosystem Health?
August 02, 2020An article from Aspen Journalism's Elizabeth Stewart-Severy considers how bear activity and conflict with communities in the Roaring Fork Valley relates to forest health and human activities, using the Forest Health Index as a reference for change in recent years.
Drought Concerns in the Roaring Fork Valley
July 13, 2020Dry soils and low summer rains lead to high drought concerns in the Roaring Fork Valley. Reporter Scott Condon of the Aspen Times looks at local data, including data from AGCI's iRON program in considering how the summer of 2020 compares to the severely dry conditions of 2018.
The Links Between Soil Moisture, Snow, and Streams
May 11, 2020In an interview with AGCI's Community Science Manager, Elise Osenga, Scott Condon of the Aspen Times explores the questions behind iRON in an article titled: "How much of Aspen's snowpack will make it to the rivers? Soil moisture holds the key."
Nature Climate Change Articles on Disappearing Snowpack
April 20, 2020A new paper has been published in Nature Climate Change on "Implications of Losing Snowpack." AGCI's Research Director, Julie Vano, discusses recent research by Yue Qin and colleagues and Ben Livneh and Andrew Badger on how a decline in the natural reservoir of mountain snowpack may make drought more difficult to predict and could jeopardize irrigated agriculture.
Making Knowledge Actionable for Sustainability
April 16, 2020A special issue in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability tackles the challenging topic of how to make knowledge actionable for sustainability. A suite of 10 articles offer perspectives ranging from engagement to politics, Indigenous knowledge, and science funding. This special issue was co-edited by AGCI's Executive Director, James Arnott, with Katharine Mach of University of Miami and Gabrielle Wong-Parodi of Stanford.
Yale Climate Communications Interview with James Arnott
April 09, 2020What are the implications of climate-change driven alterations in our soil moisture? Yale Climate Communications explores the topic in a short interview with AGCI's Executive Director, James Arnott.
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