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Kenny Broad

Broad To Lead Abess Center

Dr. Kenny Broad has been named director of The Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy at UM. Established in 2005, the Center offers undergraduate and graduate programs that allow students to integrate environmental science and policy into their educational experience, while emphasizing research and field work. Read more…

El Nino

Global Warming May Dent El Niño’s Protective Shield from Atlantic Hurricanes, Increase Droughts Elsewhere

El Niño, the periodic phenomenon often credited with shielding the U.S. and Caribbean from severe hurricane seasons, may soon be overshadowed by its brother in the central Pacific due to global warming, according to a paper in Nature. The eastern El Niño increases wind sheer in the Atlantic that can hamper the development of hurricanes there. The central Pacific El Niño, however, has been blamed for worsening drought conditions in Australia and India as well as minimizing the effects of its beneficial brother to the east. Read more…