awood – Department of the Earth, Atmosphere, and Climate

Christina Patricola poses with Dean Withers

Christina Patricola awarded the Trapp Innovation Award

May 1, 2025

Stock image of sand at a beach.

Jacqueline Reber explains why we should care about granular systems.

May 1, 2025

A large tornado hit Missouri's Fort Leonard Wood in 2010, causing considerable damage. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army.

New study uses climate data to predict building maintenance costs for U.S. Department of Defense

October 22, 2024

owa State’s Tornado/Microburst Simulator has been in operation since 2005. It has helped Partha Sarkar and other researchers learn more about the wind loads created by tornadoes so engineers can design buildings that can stand up to windstorms. Pictured with the simulator are doctoral students, left to right, Nayan Deep Tiwari and Mahtab Goudarzi.

Researchers design a national testing facility to simulate tornadoes, downbursts and gusts.

November 29, 2023

Layered Lake

A layered lake is a little like Earth’s early oceans

November 1, 2023

Elizabeth Swanner

Elizabeth Swanner to deliver LAS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture

September 29, 2023

Jacqueline Reber working in her lab in Science Hall.

Jacqueline Reber awarded grant from the Frontier Science Fund

August 18, 2023

Ice Age Environmental change poster

Collaborative Approach to Science Communication

April 11, 2023

Image of Dr. Patricola.

Cyclone researchers: Warming climate means more and stronger Atlantic tropical storms

January 6, 2023

Dr. Kandis Boyd Wyatt (center) poses with Dr. William Gallus (left) and Dean Beate Schmittmann (right).

Dr. Boyd Wyatt honored with distinguished alumni award

November 21, 2022

Alan Wanamaker collects clam shells from the Gulf of Maine. Wanamaker's lab analyzes shell layers to build a history of seawater characteristics, including temperature, ocean currents and water sources.

Study shows Gulf of Maine cooling for 900 years, then quickly warming since late 1800s

August 17, 2022

Two students examining meteorological data.

New climate science degree at ISU offers interdisciplinary training

August 5, 2022

Trey Fulbright and Zane Satre

Two Iowa State meteorology grads join KCCI in Des Moines

June 16, 2022

Portrait of Lt. Col. Breea Lisko

Lt. Col. Breea Lisko honored with Distinguished Alumni Award

October 29, 2021

Urbandale High School Teacher, Katherine Hanson

Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) – Katherine Hanson

October 1, 2021

Regional climate forecast is troubling, but there’s hope

September 1, 2021

Winds of Change – The Graether Family Fund for Climate Science

September 1, 2021

Researchers measure the topography of an exposed glacier bed at Castleguard Glacier in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Keith Williams, contributed by Christian Helanow.)

Glaciologists measure, model hard glacier beds, write slip law to estimate glacier speeds

May 21, 2021

Dr. John Graether, retired ophthalmic surgeon from the Wolfe Eye Clinic in Marshalltown, Iowa, generously donated funds to create a climate science major at Iowa State.

Timing is Everything – Graether Family Fund for Climate Science Advancement

May 19, 2021

Assistant Professor Alex Gonzalez receives National Science Foundation grant to explore weather patterns in the Intertropical Convergence Zone

Assistant Professor Alex Gonzalez receives NSF grant to explore weather patterns in the Intertropical Convergence Zone

April 14, 2021