For four or five days, the research vessel barely moved.Locked in Antarctic sea ice, the ship crept forward only about 100 yards a day as researchers waited for conditions to improve. For many aboard, the delay was frustrating. But for Rose Malanga and her advisor, professor ... Read full story

Researchers, city leaders, and community organizations have worked together to build one of the nation's largest urban air quality monitoring networks across Chicago. Now, a new public-facing... Read full story

Cities are often described as “heat islands,” with media reports warning that some neighborhoods can be 20°F hotter than others. But those temperatures are often based on satellite data rather than the conditions people actually experience, due to the dearth of near-surface urban observations. This... Read full story