Coffel discusses his thermal power and climate research in Ecological Society of America journal

March 4, 2021

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Ethan Coffel

Geography & the Environment Department

Climate Change

Energy

Natural Resources

Sustainability

United States

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

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Ethan Coffel

With electricity demand set to soar—thanks to the transition to an all‐electric future and the rising use of air conditioning globally—the climate vulnerability of thermal plants is a major risk that needs to be accounted for, says Ethan Coffel, assistant professor of geography and the environment. He discusses his recent study on thermal power and climate change in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, a journal of the Ecological Society of America (ESA).