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Leftover warm water in Pacific Ocean fueled massive El Niño
Department:May 9, 2016Editor's note: The American Geophysical Union wrote the following news release on new NOAA research publishing in Geophysical Research Letters.
A new study provides insight into...Community Resilience: Building Resilience in South Carolina’s Lowcountry through Regional Partnerships
Department:May 3, 2016Frequent flooding is on the rise in Charleston, S.C., forcing the closure of streets in the peninsular city. The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium is part of the Charleston Resilience Network, a public-...
Bakken Oil Field emitting roughly 2% of Earth's ethane, says new report
Department:May 2, 2016Source:New research in Geophysical Research Letters and partially funded by CPO's AC4 program found that the Bakken Formation, an oil and gas field in North Dakota and Montana, is responsible for...
Community Resilience: Sea Grant Coastal Hazards Specialist Helps Oregonians Prepare for the "Big One"
Department:April 27, 2016Pat Corcoran's efforts have already sparked discussion and informed others about the desirability of relocating schools and emergency services out of tsunami hazard zones, setting up neighborhood...
Chill Out: Cooling of Coastal Surface Waters Impacts Hurricane Intensity
Department:April 26, 2016Source:Tropical storms like 2011’s Hurricane Irene experienced cooling in the coastal surface waters ahead of the eye of the hurricane, which reduced storm intensity, according to a CPO-funded study by...
New book highlights positive impacts of the NOAA RISA program
Department:April 22, 2016Source:The Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program is proud to announce the release of Climate in Context: Science and Society Partnering for Adaptation, an edited volume being ......
NOAA names new leader for NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program
Department:April 21, 2016NOAA today announced that Jonathan R. Pennock, Ph.D., the director of New Hampshire Sea Grant and a longtime coastal scientist, will be the new leader of NOAA's National Sea Grant College...
U.S. regional tornado outbreaks and their links to spring ENSO phases and North Atlantic SST variability
Department:April 13, 2016S.-K. Lee, A. T. Wittenberg, D. B. Enfield, S. J. Weaver, C. Wang, and R. M. Atlas. Environmental Research Letters. DOI:...
Sea Grant Research Confirms Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
Department:April 12, 2016Dr. Stuart Carlton of Texas Sea Grant is an author on a new study published in Environmental Research Letters that confirms scientific consensus on climate change.