A team of researchers from argonne is working with local Chicago organizations to track the impact of climate change across the city. The hope is that the data collected will help communities develop strategies to become more resilient.
The impact of climate change is being felt across the planet in ways large and small; however, most climate models only look at changes on a large scale.Thanks to our sponsors:Now a team of researchers from Argonne National Laboratory is working with community organizations in Chicago to track the impact of climate change across the city.
“CROCUS is unique,” said Paytsar Muradyan, an atmospheric scientist at Argonne who specializes in remote sensing instrumentation and is part of the CROCUS team. “Chicago has never been so instrumented.
“This is a really great opportunity for our students,” said Greg Anderson, professor of physics and environmental science at Northeastern. “We have a lot of tremendous students who come here that have passions to do fundamental science, but they’re also interested in civic engagement and kind of the greater social good, and this CROCUS project really integrates those three things nicely.”
Chatham, on the South Side, has a long history of devastating floods, said Nedra Sims Fears, executive director of the Greater Chatham Initiative.
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