Research
| November 28, 2018
Quick Take: What the Fourth National Climate Assessment Means for Nevada and the West
Climate change researcher Matt Lachniet explains the impacts of hotter temperatures.
Articles Featuring Matthew Lachniet
Campus News
| May 22, 2017
UNLV Study: Warming News from Russia
UNLV Ph.D. candidate’s research in Russia challenges widely held understanding of past climate history; study appears in latest issue of top journal Nature Geoscience.
Research
| October 15, 2015
The Climate Change Secrets of Stalagmites
UNLV geoscience professor exploring the links between wet conditions starting 5,000 years ago and weather events such as El Niño in the Desert Southwest.
Research
| May 2, 2014
New Report Offers Clearest Look at Climate History of Great Basin Region
UNLV-led research team takes to ancient Nevada caves to counter prevailing theory of what drives Great Basin climate; findings reported in Nature Communications.
Research
| May 24, 2013
Climate History Links MesoAmerican Monsoon to Agricultural Emergence
Cave deposits reveal 22,000 years of North American monsoon rainfall.
Research
| January 25, 2012
Blame It on the Rain
Scientists link fate of Mesoamerican civilizations to climate change