Press Releases
Unique Wave Flume Facility Allows Scientists To Study How Sea Spray Seeds Clouds
Ocean Wave Simulator Enables Researchers to Measure Sea Spray's Impact on Climate
The glass wave generator at the Scripps Institution for Oceanography allows atmospheric scientists to study the chemistry of sea spray particles. Images courtesy of the Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment.
A great deal of attention has been paid to the environmental impact of what humans put into the oceans and release into our air. But as waves crash, the ocean itself is releasing tiny particles that can impact cloud formation and climate. Using a 33-meter wave flume, scientists have for the first time accurately recreated sea spray aerosols in a laboratory setting, which allowed an international group of researchers, including Carnegie Mellon University's Ryan Sullivan, to study the chemistry of sea spray aerosols.
MCS Staff Awards, 2013
On May 3, faculty, staff and administrators gathered in the Mellon Institute to honor MCS staff members for their dedication and service to the Mellon College of Science.
MCS Students Earn Education and Research Awards
National NMR Center in Czech Republic Named for Carnegie Mellon Emeritus Professor Josef Dadok
John Mackey Wins William H. and Francis S. Ryan Award for Meritorious Teaching
What could cause majors and non-majors alike to pack a mathematics lecture hall? Or recruit the best young mathletes to attend Carnegie Mellon? Or contribute to the number of math majors at CMU to almost doubling in 10 years? “Call it the ‘Mackey Effect’.”
