The University of Oklahoma
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Global flash droughts expected to increase in a warming climate
The rapid development of unexpected drought, called flash drought, can severely impact agricultural and ecological systems with ripple effects that extend even further. Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are assessing how our warming climate will affect the frequency of flash droughts and the risk to croplands globally. Jordan Christian, a postdoctoral researcher, is the […]
Future floods in US to become more frequent, wider spread, yet less seasonal, finds study
It has been an unprecedented summer in 2022, with five “1-in-1,000-year” floods experienced across the U.S.: St. Louis (July 26), Eastern Kentucky (July 28), southeast Illinois (August 1), Death Valley (August 5), Dallas (August 22). “The intense rainfall combined with conducive land surface conditions, known as impervious surfaces, have caused flash floods and widespread inundation […]
New climate modeling predicts increasing occurrences of flash flooding across most of the US
The latest U.N. report on climate change documented researchers' efforts that have shown some measures of global warming are now unavoidable, and current research efforts are focusing on mitigation and adaptation strategies. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration describes this as a global problem, felt on local scales. Likewise, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers […]
Study expands understanding of activated sludge microbiomes for future wastewater treatment
An OU-led interdisciplinary global study expands the understanding of activated sludge microbiomes for next-generation wastewater treatment and reuse systems enhanced by microbiome engineering.
Researchers discover novel role of water in production of renewable fuels
OU engineers have discovered a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical, furfural, doubling or tripling the rate of conversion.