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NOAA “reels in” data on Utah’s winter ozone problem
Department:September 19, 2016A deep sea fishing rod is probably not the first tool that comes to mind when thinking about how to study air pollution in a remote inland desert, but it’s the heart of a new NOAA system that has...
Ocean eddies and the atmosphere regulate western boundary currents, study says
Department:September 16, 2016Source:CPO-funded research analyzing the implications of ocean mesoscale eddies and the atmosphere for western boundary currents was published in Nature . Current climate models underestimate western...
- Department:September 16, 2016
The Northwest Passage across the Canadian Arctic opened once again in 2016 as sea ice reached its second lowest extent on record.
- Department:September 15, 2016
In September 2016, Arctic sea ice tied with 2007 for the second-lowest minimum extent in the satellite record, underscoring an ongoing trend of sea ice decline.
NOAA soliciting author nominations and technical inputs for Fourth National Climate Assessment
Department:September 14, 2016Source:Development of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) is underway, and on behalf of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), NOAA is soliciting nominations for authors and...
- Department:September 8, 2016
The tropical Pacific has cooled since the end of El Niño this spring, but the pace of cooling had slowed as of August.
- Department:September 8, 2016
The odds of La Niña have dropped since last month, and forecasters have dropped the La Niña Watch. Our blogger explains what's happening.
Climate change increased chances of record rains in Louisiana by at least 40 percent
Department:September 7, 2016Human-caused climate warming increased the chances of the torrential rains that unleashed devastating floods in south Louisiana in mid August by at least 40 percent, according to a team of NOAA...
- Department:September 7, 2016
Three days of heavy rains devastated Louisiana in mid-August 2016. NOAA models find that warming due to greenhouse gases has made an event like that at least 40% more likely and 10% more intense.
NOAA and Sea Grant fund $800,000 in research to understand effects of ocean changes on iconic Northeast marine life
Department:September 6, 2016NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program ( OAP ) and the ...