Climate Center

Texas Tech University Climate Center: multidisciplinary research critical for sustainable policy development around the world.

The Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University serves as the regional hub to address the effects of climate across all landscapes within the South Central region of the United States. Providing expertise for linking regional climate projections to soil processes, plant productivity, patterns of biodiversity, conservation initiatives, ecosystem services, water policy and planning, agricultural

production, rural economic preparedness, the sustainability of natural and agroecosystems, and communicating with stakeholders to develop and apply this information to real world decision making and planning in the Southern Plains. Researchers and Texas Tech University combine their expertise and experience to address key aspects of climate research that are critical for informing and developing sustainable policy and planning decisions, at multiple scales, for both natural and managed ecosystems, landscapes, and watersheds. The Climate Science Center's Fund For Excellence was created to help provide financial support to continue and improve our events and provide funding where needed. We would like to thank the anonymous donors who donated to our center in which we were able to begin this fund. This fund will be used to help improve and continue our monthly events. If you would like to make a donation click this link (http://donate.give2tech.com/?fid=T84A449) and it will take you to the appropriate page. On behalf of the Climate Science Center we want to say thank you for your donation and support that will let us continue these important events. The Climate Science Center is a multidisciplinary entity that includes faculty from many departments at Texas Tech, in addition to adjunct faculty. Texas Tech faculty includes researchers from:
• College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources
• College of Architecture
• College of Arts and Sciences
• Honors College
• Whitacre College of Engineering

Further information, and a current list of participating faculty members, as well as their current research projects can be found at: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/artsandsciences/csc/

03/18/2024

Join us on Wednesday! Justin Weaver, instructor in atmospheric sciences, will be providing some insight on weather patterns we can expect to see this spring season. 🌻🌤️

04/24/2023

Texas has two national parks: Guadalupe Mountains National Park (4 hours away) and Big Bend National Park (5 hours away).

Carlsbad Caverns National Park Big Bend National Park Guadalupe Mountains National Park National Park Service

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaNaReBvO5s&t=3s

https://www.nationalparks.org/theme/national-park-week?utm_source=npworg&utm_medium=npworg&utm_campaign=npworg

04/22/2023

Today’s a great day to start thinking about what you can do to help Planet Earth.

More helpful info from EarthDay.org:

https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2023/

https://www.earthday.org/factsheets/

04/18/2023

Wedding season is almost here!

Check out these tips to celebrate your big day while leaving little trace.

03/29/2023

Texas Tech researchers are working to head off crop and water issues resulting from climate-change-induced drought.

Professor Krishna Jagadish, Thornton Distinguished Chair of Plant & Soil Science at TTU and coordinator of the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation (TAWC), gives an update on their latest endeavors:
https://lnk.bio/l1Gz?fbclid=PAAaYCaAmzuY2ismSH5x4UWEvBaAsBnkpiNkM6NNgc8YzB2oGO2tlxZyHlXCk

Texas Tech University The Daily Toreador Lubbockonline.com

02/24/2023

Texas restaurants are rethinking straws. Here’s the latest from Texas Restaurant Association :
🥤More Texas restaurants are now only giving out straws upon request.
🥤 Saving straws saves sealife. Saving straws saves restaurants money. Win-win.

🥤 Used straws are a hassle in restaurant kitchens. Keeping them out of the drain prevents clogs and costly repairs.

Ocean Conservancy

02/23/2023

We ran across this little five-episode Austin gem and just had to share. University of Texas journalism students discuss how different cities—Lubbock, Houston, Austin—and the state as a whole are coping with climate-related issues.

Episode 1: The Texas Panhandle's big water problem
https://anchor.fm/planet-texas/episodes/Introducing-Planet-Texas-e1ngr5u

Texas Tech University The Daily Toreador School of Journalism - University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin Texas Public Radio The Drag: An Audio Production House Texas Sierra Club