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CLASP NEWS
Assistant Professor Dan Welling at U-M Climate and Space explains the rare intensity of the Northern Lights, as they were seen during the historic G5 Storm in May.
Students in the Applied Climate program search for solutions to polluted air, catastrophic flooding, excessive heat waves, and our reliance on fossil fuels.
A mountaintop laboratory will study winter storms from large-scale cloud movement to individual snowflakes in an NSF-funded project.
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CLASP Seminar Series
We’re proud to present a series of lectures from leaders in the fields of climate and space engineering, as part of the Seminar Series in the U-M Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering.
Solar Eclipse 2024
Our scientists and scholars at U-M Climate and Space are leading many initiatives during the Total Solar Eclipse, to help students and citizen scientists expand their understanding of the sun.
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Learn about our bachelor’s degrees in climate and meteorology and space science and engineering.
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Student Life
Our students benefit from an immersive experience, with opportunities to compete in scientific challenges and travel the world. They enjoy social events with GUStO (Graduate and Undergraduate Student Organization), and they choose from a variety of extracurriculars, ranging from the Michigan Bioastronautics team to the student delegation to the U.N. Convention on Climate Change.
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Michigan eTrek
Space Physics Research Laboratory celebrates its 75th year.
For 3/4 of a century, the Space Physics Research Laboratory (SPRL) at the University of Michigan has dreamt up and designed instruments to expand our understanding of this world and the galaxy beyond.
Read more about the Space Physics Research Laboratory: https://news.engin.umich.edu/2021/07/answers-inc-a-brief-history-of-u-ms-space-physics-research-laboratory/