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CLIMATE ACTION

The UAE has engaged in the fight against climate change and listed this issue amongst its priority targets to maintain the country鈥檚 sustainability and growth.

KU has been a strategic partner with Federal and Abu Dhabi Governments to research on the climate change within the country and in the region.

There have been various research projects carried out by KU in relation to the change in temperatures and rainfall shortages:

• Researchers from KU characterize the weather features over the Arabian Peninsula and establish knowledge on their seasonal and annual variability  /khalifa-university-research-shows-increasing-trends-in-summertime-temperatures-over-the-uae

• A Khalifa University team has found warming global temperatures may be making springtime rainfall last longer in the UAE, and possibly become more common. /more-uae-rain-in-the-springtime-as-climate-change-impacts-local-weather-patterns

• Dr.Ludovic Dum茅e , Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Khalifa University, outlines the strategies and technologies that could be deployed to turn CO2 emissions into a resilient circular economy.  /carbon-capture-and-conversion-technologies-could-clean-the-atmosphere-and-turn-co2-into-commercial-opportunities

• Monitoring of Greenhouse gases using Satellite observations (PI. Dr. Francis)

• Monitoring of air quality and climate change indicators (PI. Dr. Francis)

• Study of polar ice and its recent changes (PI. Dr. Francis)

• Study of the climate of the Middle East and North Africa region (PI. Dr. Francis)

• Research on climate change and links to weather extremes and natural hazards (dust storms, floods, tropical cyclones, droughts, etc), PI Dr. Francis.

KU has contributed at various forums to enhance awareness of climate change and its impacts. These include papers on clean air, geological climate, and more:

• The Environmental and Geosciences Lab (ENGEOS) at Khalifa University,  is responsible for providing air quality forecasts for the entire UAE daily to the MOCCAE in order to be shared with the public and serve as guidance for vulnerable groups. /we-need-to-look-beyond-our-borders-for-clean-air-and-blue-skies
• Dr. Thomas Steuber studies ancient rock fossils in the UAE to understand the role of climate change today. /what-the-uaes-geological-mysteries-teach-us-about-climate-change

• Professor Linda Zou at Khalifa University is awarded a research grant of 鈥淯sing nanotechnology to accelerate the water condensation and growth for rain enhancement鈥� by UAE Rain Enhancement Science Program (UAEREP). Prof Zou developed core-shell structured cloud seeding materials that mimic and enhance what naturally occurs in rain clouds, the rain precipitation from cloud seeding helps to replenish groundwater reserves as part of the solutions in providing water security amid worsening climate change. The research outcomes have been published at 3 journal articles and 1 patent has been filed.

• Fonseca R., D. Francis, G. Aulicino, K. S. Mattingly, G. Fusco, G. Budillon, Atmospheric controls on the Terra Nova Bay polynya occurrence in Antarctica, Climate Dynamics, 2023. 
• Francis D., R. Fonseca, N. Nelli, D. Bozkurt, J. Cuesta, E. Bosc, On the Middle East鈥檚 severe dust storms in spring 2022: Triggers and impacts, Atmospheric Environment, 2023, 119539, ISSN 1352-2310.
  
• Francis D., R. Fonseca, K. S. Mattingly, S. Lhermitte, C. Walker, Foehn Winds at Pine Island Glacier and their role in Ice Changes, The Cryosphere Discussions, 2023. 
• Francis D., M. Weston, R. Fonseca, M. Temimi, A. Alsuwaidi, Trends and variability in methane concentrations over the Southeastern Arabian Peninsula, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11, 2023. 
• Francis, D., Fonseca, R., & Nelli, N. (2022). Key Factors Modulating the Threat of the Arabian Sea鈥檚 Tropical Cyclones to the Gulf Countries. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2022JD036528.
• Francis, D., Fonseca, R., Mattingly, K. S., Marsh, O. J., Lhermitte, S., & Cherif, C. (2022). Atmospheric triggers of the Brunt Ice Shelf calving in February 2021. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2021JD036424.
• Diana Francis, Ricardo Fonseca, Narendra Nelli, Oriol Teixido, Ruqaya Mohamed, Richard Perry, 2022, Increased Shamal winds and dust activity over the Arabian Peninsula during the COVID-19 lockdown period in 2020, Aeolian Research, Volume 55, 2022, 100786, ISSN 1875-9637. 
• Fonseca R., D. Francis, N. Nelli, and C. Cherif (2022) Regional atmospheric circulation patterns driving consecutive fog events in the United Arab Emirates, Atmospheric Research, 2022, 106506, ISSN 0169-8095.
• Parajuli SP, Jin Q and Francis D (2022) Editorial: Atmospheric dust: How it affects climate, environment and life on Earth? Environ. Sci. 10:1058052. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1058052.
• Zittis G., M. Almazroui, P. Alpert, P. Ciais, W. Cramer, Y. Dahdal, M. Fnais, D. Francis et al., Climate change and weather extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, Reviews of Geophysics.

Media 草莓视频:

• Research by Abu Dhabi scientists sheds light on why Antarctica is melting
• Satellite data study examines methane levels over UAE: Researchers say reported increase in concentrations may be due to prevailing winds and human activity
• Tracking dust storms across the world鈥檚 largest sand desert:
• Sahara鈥檚 鈥楪odzilla鈥� dust storm may have been triggered by warming in the Arctic
• Climate change turns up the heat on tropical cyclone formation
• How bad is our air pollution 鈥� and how do we tackle it?
• Researchers from KU characterize the weather features over the Arabian Peninsula and establish knowledge on their seasonal and annual variability  /khalifa-university-research-shows-increasing-trends-in-summertime-temperatures-over-the-uae
• A Khalifa University team has found warming global temperatures may be making springtime rainfall last longer in the UAE, and possibly become more common. /more-uae-rain-in-the-springtime-as-climate-change-impacts-local-weather-patterns