Nearly two decades of research on the interactions among aerosols, clouds, and precipitation demonstrate additional effects of air pollution on climate. Professor Doug Lowenthal discusses his research in the Inhibition of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosols project and the importance of including the complex interactions of cloud processes in climate models. Download article...

The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents presented Gannet Hallar, Ph.D. of the Desert Research Institute (DRI) with the 2012 Rising Researcher Award in acknowledgment of her contributions to the field of atmospheric science and her potential for future accomplishments.  

Dr. Eric Wilcox and graduate student Nic Beres research pollution’s effects on clouds in the island nation most threatened by climate change.

Country in Indian Ocean threatened by rising oceans

RENO – Researchers from the Desert Research Institute are working with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) on the lowest elevation country on Earth to see how pollution affects the formation of clouds and could be threatening its future. Read Full News Release ...