ESRL News
Press Releases
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Oil and gas wells contribute fuel for ozone pollution
January 15, 2013
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International team: Black carbon larger cause of climate change than previously assessed
January 15, 2013
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Drought as disaster
January 7, 2013
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Reservoir levels low and persistent drought projected through March in much of the West
December 21, 2012
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Texas heat wave of 2011 largely caused by drought, ocean temperatures, says NOAA-led study
November 15, 2012
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An East Side, West Side Story: Ozone Pollution in the United States
November 15, 2012
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Weather data from nation's largest wind farms could improve U.S. models, forecasts
November 14, 2012
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New study finds direct evidence of summer climate change
November 13, 2012
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Antarctic ozone hole second smallest in 20 years
October 24, 2012
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High-impact research award for NOAA, CIRES scientists
October 5, 2012
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Western Region quarterly climate impacts and outlook report
September 2012
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Magnifying smoke
August 27, 2012
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Sky high methane mystery
August 22, 2012
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NOAA, partners find 50-year decline in some Los Angeles vehicle-related pollutants
August 9, 2012
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NOAA, partners find increase in airborne ethanol
August 9, 2012
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Earth's oceans and ecosystems still absorbing about half the greenhouse gases emitted by people
August 2, 2012
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Rebecca Washenfelder wins Presidential early career award
July 23, 2012
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NOAA research improves weather forecasting
June 29, 2012
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released: Climate Impacts and Outlook, Western Region
June 27, 2012
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Carbon dioxide levels reach milestone at Arctic sites
May 31, 2012
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40th anniversary Global Monitoring Annual Conference
May 11, 2012
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NOAA near-term weather forecasts get powerful boost from new ESRL model
May 1, 2012
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Smoking out an air pollutant's hot spots
April 30, 2012
ESRL Quarterly Newsletter
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Winter 2011
Air Cleanser: ESRL-led team measures the variability of the atmosphere’s self-cleaning capacity • Night Lights: ESRL researchers find small but significant effect of nighttime city lighting on air pollution • Snow and Warming: Northern Hemisphere could warm further in response to lost snow • ESRL in Cancun: Ravishankara, Schnell give key state-of-the science presentations
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Fall 2010
Robbing the West of Water • Oscillating Clouds • tJet Roars to Life • Chinese Climate • Testing the Wind • Raindrops Keep Falling on my Disdrometer • Pointing Fingers • Model Students • Antarctic Ozone Hole Persists, At Least for Awhile •2009 Ozone-Depleting Gas Index
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Summer 2010
Target: Gulf Spill • Pseudo Storms, Key Decisions • Croaker Climate • Indigenous Knowledge and Science • Balloon Science • Forecasting Ash • Art of the Inlet • Greenland's Clouds • Ozone symposium and assessment •CalNex Completed
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Spring 2010
H2O Matters • GPS for Storms, Climate, More • Climate Service • Antarctic Tales • HFC-23 Emissions on the Rise • Science Pipeline • A Climate for Pikas • Playing with Fire • Soarin' Over California • Washington's Weird Winter • Setting the Standard •
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Winter 2009
What Science Takes • Building Connections • Director's Corner: Copenhagen • Drought Origins Differ • Communication Prize • SOS Users • ESRL Tests Young Scientist's Invention
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Fall 2009
N2O: Not One of the Usual Suspects • Exploring Earth • Director's Corner: Greetings from Venice • Western Water Outlook: Grim • Storm Spoiler • Chasing Shadows • Teachers in the Lab
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Summer 2009
In the Summer edition: Emergency Planning • Ozone Smog in Wyoming • Director's Corner: Get ready! Things are changing in NOAA • ASTER: Inventing an Instrument • Science to Ops • Powering Science.
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Spring 2009
In the Spring edition: International Study: Climate Change Irreversible • Climate for Forecasters • Director's Corner: How Does ESRL Science Serve Society? • Reconstructing History - Understanding past weather to improve forecasts • HIPPO Mission: a global picture of the atmosphere, greenhouse gases • India and Drought.
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Winter 2008 - PDF
In the Winter edition: Carbon Detectives • Renewable Energy Collaboration Grows • Probabilistic Forecasts • China's Black Carbon • Storm Chasing by Balloon • Climate Change and Colorado's Water • Arctic Skies.
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Fall 2008 - PDF
In the Fall edition: FIM Shapes Up • Clamoring for Climate Help • CSI: Climate Scene Investigation • Arctic Haze, by Plane and by Ship • ESRL Cultivates Young Scientists • Bleach Alert! • UAS Greenland • Fred Fehsenfeld Symposium • Sun-Powered Victory.