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Urban 'Cool Zones'

A research associate professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah, Daniel Mendoza is not your typical academic scientist. With an impressive list of publications, averaging a new paper each month, academic scholarship is only one of his accomplishments.
Monitoring Urban Carbon Emissions at the Global Scale

Faculty in the University of Utah's Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Lin is co-author of a paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters about a new satellite-based system for measuring CO2 emissions in support of global collective climate mitigation actions. As nations and cities continue to state their intentions to decarbonize for the purpose of becoming, in their activities, carbon-neutral, “we want to be able to see it happen from space.”
Bioinformatics BS - Translating Data into Scientific Breakthroughs

Bioinformatics sits at the vital intersection between mathematics, life science, and data science. This cutting-edge field applies intensive computational methods to analyze and understand complex biological information related to health, biotechnology, genomics, and more.
Don’t Let This Blow You Away: Yellowstone’s Steam Threat

A hydrothermal explosion on July 23 at Yellowstone National Park sent visitors running for cover as steam shot into the air and rocks rained down on a popular viewing area.
Solving the Puzzle of Utah’s Summer Ozone

The Salt Lake Valley’s summertime ozone pollution is a complicated puzzle because so many different kinds of emissions contribute to the problem, which in turn is affected by the time of day or year, the weather and many other factors. Without knowing which emissions are most culpable or understanding the role of the region’s topography, solutions to Utah’s ozone mess will remain elusive.