Articles from February 2015

Smoke from land clearing fueled the deadliest tornado outbreak in decades

Friday, February 27, 2015
Assistant Professor Dr. Scott Spak co-authored a paper, “Central American biomass burning smoke can increase tornado severity in the U.S.

Reinventing the Region: Narrating Change in Germany’s Ruhr

Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Dr. Julia Sattler of TU Dortmund University in Dortmund, Germany, recently visited The University of Iowa’s School of Urban and Regional Planning to discuss her research on present-day urban transformations in Germany’s Rurh Valley.