ATOC in the News

Thunderstorms generated by a group of giant wildfires in 2017 injected a small volcano’s worth of aerosol into the stratosphere, creating a smoke plume that lasted for almost nine months.

AGU has announced their 2019 awards and lectures and we are proud to share that two ATOC faculty have received honors. Please join us in congratulating Nicole Lovenduski for the Ocean Sciences Early Career award, and Cora Randall for the Space Physics and Aeronomy Section Marcel Nicolet Lecture.

“We’ve come a long way in the last 10 years from an observational perspective,” said Jan Lenaerts, lead author of the research and an assistant professor in CU Boulder’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC).

ATOC Assistant Professor Alexandra Jahn received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, NSF's most prestigious award for early-career faculty, for her project “Reducing the projection uncertainty for Arctic sea ice loss.”

ATOC graduate students Devon Dunmire and Abigail Smith receive NASA FINESST Awards.

Congratulations to ATOC graduate students Patricia DeRepentigny and Abigail Smith, and undergraduate student Taydra Low who received Outstanding Student Presentation Awards at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography.

How did the Red Planet get all of its clouds? CU Boulder researchers may have discovered the secret: just add meteors.

The vast stretch of icy water that separates Antarctica from other continents is a dark mystery to most people. Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, one of the few who have been to the Southern Ocean, regarded its storm-wracked seas with fear and awe.

The annual Boulder Faculty Assembly (BFA) Excellence Awards took place Tuesday, April 2, at the University Memorial Center, recognizing faculty members for outstanding work and concerted effort in advancing the mission of the university and the academy at large. ATOC Associate Professor John Cassano received the BFA Excellence Award in Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work.

Marine microorganisms in the Southern Ocean may find themselves in a deadly vise grip by century’s end as ocean acidification creates a shallower horizon for life, new University of Colorado Boulder research finds.