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Aerial view of muddy brown floodwater submerging Pacific Junction, Iowa, in 2019.

Research Links Climate Change to Flooding in Iowa

Posted on March 1st, 2021

IIHR’s Gabriele Villarini and Wei Zhang (now at Utah State) have connected rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere with Iowa’s more frequent flooding.

Map illustrating drought in the western U.S.

Does Less Air Pollution Mean Less Precipitation?

Posted on September 3rd, 2020

A NASA-funded study at IIHR explores connections between reduced air pollution due to COVID-19 and decreases in precipitation in the western United States

A giant swirling hurricane as seen from space, with a divot in the middle where the eye is.

Hurricanes Linked to East Asia Weather System

Posted on August 10th, 2020

With a new Atlantic hurricane season in full swing, IIHR scientists may have found a new influence on how tropical cyclones develop.

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