Picture the dirt at the bottom of a lake: It may seem slimy, squishy and unappealing. But for Earth and Planetary Sciences Prof. Yarrow Axford’s research team, that sediment is key to understanding ...
In December, Chicagoland was experiencing one of its warmest winters in memory, which many residents saw as a welcome change from the area’s typically frigid winter weather. However, these warmer ...
When Yarrow Axford, a researcher at the University of Colorado, traveled to a remote lake on the east coast of Baffin Island — which sits a few hundred miles west of Greenland — the area seemed ...
Yarrow Axford, 45, is an associate professor and climate scientist in the department of earth and planetary science at Northwestern University. She focuses on understanding fluctuations in Arctic and ...
Northwestern University Professor of Earth and Planetary Science Yarrow Axford helps John understand what it means that an ice berg the size of Delaware broke away from Antarctica. Professor Axford ...
Read more about the 2012 Northwestern Climate Change Symposium. Tell us what you think. E-mail comments or questions to the editors at letters@northwestern.edu. To learn more about what a warming ...