weather
Kent State Today
![Skateboarding student flies during a brief time of warmer temperatures in February Skateboarding student flies during a brief time of warmer temperatures in February](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/02082024_MB_Campus%20Feature-11.jpg?VersionId=1Um0Ka7XG.Vutf8vj27d.AhHcy.nbflH&itok=AIaUASez)
A brief preview of spring-like weather inspired Golden Flashes to venture outdoors.
Division of Research & Economic Development
![An image of the globe over North America, showing increased warm weather in a yellow-to-red scale](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Maps_of_projected_changes_in_Northern_Hemisphere_seasonal_mean_surface_air_temperature_from_the_late_20th_century_to_the_mid-21st_century%2C_based_on_SRES_emissions_scenario_A1B.png?VersionId=4DOQtT7it9zM9ETu4dm30GRxujsJr1KU&h=b8a72fa0&itok=xxLlu5aM)
Research into the air masses that drive changes in our day-to-day weather has been limited by land-based and regional studies, leaving wide gaps in our understanding of these impactful phenomena. A new paper by a Kent State University geographer has just filled in most of those gaps.