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After decades of living in Alaska, he's moved to Oak Ridge recently to work at ORNL. He will also talk about an outreach project that gives voices to the people who live and work in the Arctic.
Rising temperatures and changes in precipitation are driving increases to streamflow in areas of high-latitude North America where permafrost dominates the landscape.
Will forests grow faster, or more efficiently, as atmospheric carbon dioxide increases? Will trees face higher mortality rates as storms and droughts become more common?
Researchers discovered that by the end of the century, the Amazon will likely see 43% more large blowdown events
Tropical forests are crucial for sucking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But they're also subject to intense storms that can cause "windthrow" – the uprooting or breaking of trees. These downed trees decompose, potentially turning a forest from a carbon sink into a carbon source.