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Climate dynamics seminar explores Arctic climate change and trace-gas cycles

A map showing global temperature anomalies in 2020. Yellows, oranges and reds indicate temperatures warmer than the baseline average from 1951 to 1980, with dark red indicating a temperature increase equal to or greater than 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit). Credit: Joshua Stevens/NASA Earth ObservatoryAll Rights Reserved.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The year 2020 tied 2016 for the hottest year on record, and nowhere was the rise in temperature more prominent than in the Arctic. Jose D. Fuentes, professor of atmospheric science at Penn State, will discuss climate change in the Arctic and trace-gas cycles at 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3. The talk will be broadcast via Zoom.

Fuentes’ talk is part of the Earth System Science Center’s spring 2021 Climate Dynamics seminar series. The series focuses on the cutting-edge climate research being conducted in the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and the Climate Science dual-title graduate program in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State. For more information about the seminars, visit the ESSC website.

Last Updated February 25, 2021