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

October 22, 2024

Spring 2024 Seminar Schedule

GEAT is excited to host the following speakers during the Spring 2024 seminar series (Tuesdays at 4:10 pm in 2050 Agronomy Hall). February 13:… Read More

January 30, 2024

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

November 29, 2023

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

November 1, 2023

Elizabeth Swanner to deliver LAS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Lecture Series highlights faculty excellence in learning, discovery, and engagement in Iowa State’s most academically diverse college. Read More

September 29, 2023

Jacqueline Reber awarded grant from the Frontier Science Fund

Jacqueline Reber has been awarded this year’s grant from the Frontier Science Fund in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) for her promising work in 3D force visualization and quantification. Read More

August 18, 2023

Collaborative Approach to Science Communication

Jacqueline Reber, Associate Professor in GEAT, and Kimberly Moss, Associate Professor and Director of the Biological/Pre-Medical Illustration Program (BPMI), recently published an article in EOS, the science news magazine published by American Geophysical Union. Read More

April 11, 2023

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

A warming climate will increase the number of tropical cyclones and their intensity in the North Atlantic, potentially creating more and stronger hurricanes, according to simulations using a high-resolution, global climate model. Read More

January 6, 2023

Dr. Boyd Wyatt honored with distinguished alumni award

Dr. Kandis Y. Boyd Wyatt was presented the 2022 Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award at a ceremony in Ames, Iowa on… Read More

November 21, 2022

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

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… Read More

August 17, 2022

New climate science degree at ISU offers interdisciplinary training

A new interdisciplinary degree program beginning this fall at Iowa State University aims to prepare students for careers helping society address and adapt to climate… Read More

August 5, 2022

Two Iowa State meteorology grads join KCCI in Des Moines

The meteorologist desk at KCCI 8 now includes five full-time meteorologists to cover all things severe weather in central Iowa. Newcomers include Trey Fulbright and… Read More

June 16, 2022

Lt. Col. Breea Lisko honored with Distinguished Alumni Award

Lt. Col. Breea Lisko, a decorated meteorologist with the United States Air Force and Department of Defense policy advisor, received the Distinguished Alumni Award from… Read More

October 29, 2021

Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) – Katherine Hanson

During the summer of 2021, Dr. Alex Gonzalez mentored Urbandale High School Teacher, Katherine Hanson, on a short research project studying the intertropical convergence zone… Read More

October 1, 2021

Regional climate forecast is troubling, but there’s hope

Dig into the latest big report just released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and a fact sheet tells you about projected climate changes… Read More

September 1, 2021

Winds of Change – The Graether Family Fund for Climate Science

While the term “climate change” can provoke polarized reactions, retired Marshalltown ophthalmic surgeon and philanthropist Dr. John Graether says those reactions point to the importance… Read More

September 1, 2021

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

During their trips to glacier beds recently exposed by retreating glaciers in the Swiss Alps (Rhone, Schwarzburg and Tsanfleuron glaciers) and the Canadian Rockies (Castleguard… Read More

May 21, 2021

Timing is Everything – Graether Family Fund for Climate Science Advancement

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… Read More

May 19, 2021

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

Alex Gonzalez, assistant professor of geological and atmospheric sciences, is studying the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) with the help of a $316,000 grant from the… Read More

April 14, 2021

GEAT receives $2.2M donation establishing the Graether Family Fund for Climate Science Advancement

Surgical innovator Dr. John M. Graether of Marshalltown, Iowa, has provided $2.2 million to establish the Graether Family Fund for Climate Science Advancement, which will… Read More

January 11, 2021