Highlights of People & Publications
2024
01 Apr – WBEZ: A sea of trucks disproportionately pollutes Black and brown neighborhoods in Chicago
15 Mar – Dwell: Clean air doesn’t have to be a luxury only the rich can afford
06 Mar – Forbes: Electric trucks will be cheaper than diesel – years faster than expected
26 Feb – Exxon Knews: Chicago takes Big Oil to Court, adding another heavyweight to the fight
24 Feb – Tech Times: How switching to electric vehicles can improve public health – and save lives
21 Feb – CNN: Switching to EVs could prevent millions of illnesses in US children ALA report estimates
29 Jan – Borderless: Chicago temperatures vary by as much as 22 degrees between neighborhoods
23 Jan – Block Club Chicago: Electric vehicles, charges needed to be more accessible
2023
29 Dec – WBEZ: Southwest side of hottest part of Chicago during summer, climate study finds
21 Dec – Block Club Chicago: Heat Watch study finds disproportionate impacts of extreme weather across city
04 Nov – Popular Science: How smart trailers could give trucking a clean, electrified boost
09 Nov – CBS Chicago: Northwestern study links nitrogen dioxide pollution affecting communities of color
24 Oct – NASA: How NASA sees the air we breathe
24 Oct – NASA: A tale of three pollutants
21 Sep – CBS Chicago: West side of Chicago hit hardest by pollution from engine exhaust
20 Sep – Inside Climate News: Electrifying a fraction of vehicles could save thousands of lives annually
15 Sep – CBC: Electric vehicles could save thousands of lives by reducing pollution
08 Aug – WBUR: As cities sizzle, mapping projects pinpoint the perils of hot neighborhoods
17 Jul – Christian Science Monitor: In Hawaii, can breadfruit’s resurgence bring food security?
11 Jul – WBEZ’s Reset: The health impacts of Chicago’s air quality
07 Jul – Chicago Sun-Times: Better breathing now, but more bad air days likely
06 Jul – Mongabay: Breadfruit: a starchy delicious climate and biodiversity solution
06 Jul – Block Club Chicago: Chicago’s air pollution alerts hit ten year high
03 Jul – The Story Exchange: She’s brought a climate resilient superfood to the world’s attention
30 Jun – Block Club Chicago: Smoke is clearing, but ‘good’ air quality may not return until next week
28 Jun – Block Club Chicago: Chicago’s air pollution crisis shines light on neighborhood disparities
21 Jun – Chicago Sun-Times: To prepare for extreme heat, let’s collaborate and learn from our communities
07 Jun – Bloomberg: Haze from wildfires raises health concerns in U.S. Northeast
10 May – Block Club Chicago: Air Pollution Harmful To Health Is Highest Along Lakefront, Highways
14 Apr – Popular Science: Southern Florida got 26 inches of rain in 24 hours
14 Apr – WBEZ: Northwestern model finds elevated air pollution over Lake Michigan and Chicago’s Interstates
12 Apr – Union of Concerned Scientists: What can spring bring to the power grid
31 Mar – WTTW: Sure its cooler by the lake, but the air’s also more polluted
09 Feb – Northwestern Now: Promising young faculty receive prestigious NSF CAREER award
27 Jan – Popular Science: EV adoption doesn’t lighten energy costs for all American families
11 Jan – PNAS: The other benefit of electric vehicles
11 Jan – The Atlantic: Suddenly, California has too much water
2022
06 Dec – Astronomy Magazine: Rising Star in Astronomy: Howard Chen
13 Oct – Boston Globe: Thanks to climate change, when it rains it pours
12 Oct – NPR: As climate changes storms in eastern U.S. drop more rain
11 Oct – Washington Post: Study finds climate change is bringing more intense rains to the U.S.
17 Sep – Chicago Sun-Times: Flood-hit Pakistan deserves more attention and help
16 Sep – Chicago Tribune: Meteorologists talk and worry about climate change
30 Aug – Smithsonian Magazine: Is breadfruit the climate change-proof food of the future?
03 Aug – The Atlantic: 100 degrees Fahrenheit is just a number
02 Aug – KCRA: Researchers work to better predict dangerous debris flows that can follow wildfires
27 Jul – EGU: New model predicts landslides along wildfire burn scars
20 Jul – Grid News: Not even a top-5 apocalypse
19 Jul – The Atlantic: The wolrd is burning once again
24 Jun – New York Times: Heatwaves around the world push people and nations ‘to the edge’
16 May – Chicago Tribune: Residents describe oven-like conditions in Rogers Park building where 3 died
06 Jan – Great Lakes Now: What’s the connection between breezy Lake Michigan days and high ozone levels?
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2021
20 Oct – de Volkskrant: Which crops will we have more often on our plate in 50 years?
14 Oct – New Scientist Podcast: Climate ready food of the future
12 Oct – New Scientist: Breadfruit could be the food of the future as climate warms
31 Aug – National Geographic: How climate change is fueling hurricanes like Ida
06 Aug – NU Magazine: Airpocolypse Now
22 Apr – WTTW: Environmental policies aim to get more EVs on the road
25 Feb – Mashable: Why intense winter freezes will still happen in a heating world
09 Jan – Universe Today: Stellar flares may not condemn a planet’s habitability
06 Jan – EarthSky: Hostile space weather may not be all bad for life
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2020
28 Dec – Chemical & Engineerings News: Stars’ weather could amplify signs of life
03 Dec – Block Club Chicago: Social distancing a privilege; more Chicago POC died because they couldn’t
06 Nov – Midwest Climate Summit: Climate action workshop: building a resilient future
22 Oct – Third Coast Disrupted: Getting around carbon: new looks at transportation
23 Sep – Northwestern Daily: NU scientists say COVID-19 is not slowing climate change
10 Sep – Northwestern Now: Northwestern scientists join forces with artists to prompt climate action
10 Sep – Climate News Network: Lethal price of climate inertia far exceeds action
20 Aug – Ars Technica: In the U.S. switching to EVs would save lives and be worth billions
15 Jul – E&E News: How Chicago’s 1995 heatwave might return
29 Apr – NBC5: Stacy answers: has less traffic due to Covid-measures improved air quality in Chicago?
29 Apr – NU: Environmental Scientist (Lucy) wins grad fellowship at Peking University
18 Feb – AGU: Stacy & Irene selected to AGUs Voices for Science program!
29 Jan – AGU: Howard wins Outstanding Student Presentation Award at AGU 2019!
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2019
14 Nov – Medill Reports: Researchers Offer Innovative Solutions for Chicago’s Growing Climate Challenge
12 Nov – GeekWire: 3D Climate Modeling Fine Tunes Search for Faraway Life
12 Nov – Newsweek: Scientists Narrow Down Exoplanets that Could Host Life
11 Nov – CNN: What Makes a Planet Potentially Habitable
11 Nov – The Independent: Pioneering 3D Exoplanet Chemistry Experiment
23 Oct – North by Northwestern: Stacy Montgomery on 2020’s Political Climate
25 Sep – Bloomberg Environment: Jordan Schnell on NY’s Plan to include Electric School Buses in Grid
12 Aug – University of Michigan: Rackham Graduate School Alumni Highlight of Prof Horton
01 Jul – NY Times: A heatwave tests Europe’s defenses. Expect more.
27 Jun – NASA: Howard Chen receives FINESST Future Investigator graduate fellowship!
20 Jun – ecoRI: Poor will suffer most: Draft air permit is flawed
19 Jun – Dan Peters elected to Phi Beta Kappa!
19 Jun – Air & Waste Management Assc: Stacy Montgomery awarded Stephen H. Rothblatt scholarship
6 Jun – Lucy Yang & Amy Rogin elected to Phi Beta Kappa as juniors!
14 May – Chicago Tribune: Panel at Chicago Botanical Garden sounds alarm about climate change
26 Apr – EOS: Earth’s eccentric orbit helped preserve rare soft-tissue fossils
25 Apr – Phys.org: Human-caused climate change played limited role in Beijing’s airpocolypse
17 Apr – EarthTechling: Electric vehicles enjoy lower emissions, regardless of energy source
12 Apr – Phys.org: Electric vehicle adoption improves outlook for air quality and climate change
10 Apr – The Daily Illini: Freshwater coastal erosion alters global carbon budget
8 Apr – NU Research Computing Services: Dan Peters wins 2019 Love Data Week Poster Contest!
4 Apr – Medill Reports Chicago: How to ensure your electric vehicle is powered by renewables
31 Jan – Chicago Tribune: ‘Fern Frost’ creates dazzling ice crystal window dressing
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2018
19 Nov – North by Northwestern: Northwestern grapples with climate change
5 Nov – Northwestern Now: Making Chicago more prepared for extreme weather
16 Oct – Daily Northwestern: Students alarmed by climate report
27 Sep – Newsweek: Humans may have been responsible for 2017’s catastrophic hurricane season
19 Sep – WBEZ’s Worldview: SkyDay 2018 Teaches all ages to Look Up
13 Sep – Daily Northwestern: Early move in for some students ahead of Hurricane Florence
7 Jun – Spencer Weiser elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior!
16 Apr – Fountain Ink: Summer Furnace
1 Mar – Chicago Sun Times: As spring begins, a look back on an average Chicago winter
27 Feb – Toledo Blade: Red flags present in forests of the northeast
26 Feb – Toledo Blade: Impact of warming seas
23 Feb – Toledo Blade: Natives of Canadian island battle the sea
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2017
1 Dec – Northwestern Magazine: Studying extreme weather
20 Sep – WBEZ’s Worldview: The Sky Day Project: A citizen art / citizen science collaboration
11 Sep – WTTW Chicago Tonight: Climate change & infrastructure failings in extreme weather
10 Sep – WGN Radio: Saturday Night Special w/ Amy Guth: Weather and Climate
5 Sep – Reuters: Will Hurricane Harvey inspire pioneering climate lawsuits
7 Aug – NU Business Review: A conversation with climate scientist Daniel Horton
31 May – AGU: AGU’s Outstanding Reviewers of 2016
1 May – Empower Magazine: From models to Main street
27 Apr – ISEN: Climate change: Measuring its impact on extreme weather
24 Apr – Washington Post: Record breaking climate events shaped by global warming
24 Apr – E&E News: Climate link to large share of extreme events
24 Apr – Mercury News: Extreme weather linked to greenhouse gases, global warming
20 Apr – North by Northwestern: One Book Brings together weather, climate, & policy experts
20 Apr – Daily Northwestern: One Book One Northwestern hosts Panel on Climate
10 Apr – North by Northwestern: Changing cities to adapt to climate change – by CCRG member Spencer Weiser
5 Apr – ISEN: Ubben Program for Climate and Carbon Science Founded
3 Mar – Chicago Magazine: Snowless January & February sign of climate change?
1 Mar – Chicago Tribune: If you don’t like Chicago’s spring weather…
8 Feb – Popular Science: Droughts actually make West Nile virus worse
7 Feb – Phys.org: Drought identified as key to severity of West Nile virus epidemics
19 Jan – Popular Science: The weather is weirder, and climate change is the reason why
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2016
24 Oct – ISEN: Leveraging big data in the hunt for a climate change signal
17 Oct – Christian Science Monitor: Why some chemical companies join fight against climate change
3 Oct – StateTech Magazine: Cloud services in the face of extreme weather
1 Sep – Stanford News: Extreme-weather winters becoming more common
7 Jun – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Climate, Air Pollution, and Public Health
4 Apr – Washington Post: California’s dry patterns becoming more common
2 Apr – SFGate: California’s drought: Get used to it
26 Jan – In Our Nature: What the “El” is El Niño?
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2015
23 Dec – TeachAboutUS: A hopeful moment: Perspectives on COP21 outcomes
15 Dec – ISEN: New Northwestern climate scientist studies impacts, talks COP21
24 Jul – Climate Central: Stagnant summer days on the rise in U.S.
1 Jul – The Guardian: More evidence that global warming is intensifying extreme weather
29 Jun – Stanford Woods Institute: Isolating the underlying causes of extreme weather
25 Jun – Environmental Research Web: Atmospheric changes boost temperature extremes
25 Jun – Climate Wire: Study pinpoints ‘forces’ behind extreme weather
24 Jun – Climate Central: Extreme temperatures linked to changing air patterns
24 Jun – AP Big Story: Weather patterns that bring heatwaves happening more
24 Jun – Nature Podcast: Interview starts at minute 7
24 Jun – Nature News: Severe weather linked more strongly to global warming
24 Jun – Nature News & Views: The dynamics of temperature extremes
23 Jun – Yale Environment 360: How global warming helped cause India’s catastrophic flood
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2014
1 Aug – Nature Climate Change: Nature Climate Change Cover
30 Ju1 – Nature Climate Change News & Views: Quiet weather, polluted air
26 Jun – Pacific Standard: The ugly cycle of air pollution and climate change
25 Jun – City Lab: How climate change will lead to more deadly stagnant-air days
24 Jun – Motherboard: A great stagnation: How climate change will choke our cities with smog
23 Jun – Climate Wire: Cutting pollution saves lives
23 Jun – Scientific American: Future smog looks more persistent
22 Jun – Nature News: Air quality to suffer with global warming
22 Jun – USA Today: What’s up with the wild extremes of weather?
22 Jun – NBC News: Cough, cough: Climate change may worsen air pollution
1 Oct – Climate Central: Climate change’s role in Indian pilgrim deaths
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2013
25 Jan – Environmental Research Web: Greater air stagnation could lead to more deaths
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2012
21 Dec – Nature Climate Change: Stilling Air
