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- Department:November 9, 2016
Rick Potts of the Smithsonian Institution discusses the role of climate variation in the evolution of our ancestors.
New Columbia River streamflow reconstruction
Department:November 4, 2016Source:A study funded in part by CPO’s Sectoral Applications Research Program developed an improved reconstruction of the Columbia River streamflow using tree-ring records sensitive to climate forcings...
- Department:November 2, 2016
A broad expanse of 80+ degree water dominated the tropical Pacific last winter. This animation shows how these warm surface waters were eroded by waves of cool water that pulsed across the equator throughout spring and summer.
- Department:October 31, 2016
The world's oldest mummies have been infected with a destructive black ooze. Climate change may be responsible.
- Department:October 28, 2016
While not as bad as initially feared, a strong low pressure system brought gusty winds and rain to the Pacific Northwest in mid-October 2016.
- Department:October 26, 2016
Using a combination of observations and models, NOAA-funded scientists have found a small but significant “advanced warning” signal for heightened summer tornado activity in the U.S.: warmer-than-average water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico
New issue of Northwest Climate magazine released
Department:October 26, 2016Source:The Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Research Consortium recently released the second issue of Northwest Climate , a magazine with stories about climate science and adaptation initiatives in the...
Mississippi River basin sensitive to decadal climate variability
Department:October 26, 2016Source:A study partially funded by CPO's Sectoral Applications Research Program and published in the Journal of Hydrometeorology found after simulation experiments that climate variability phenomena can...
Missouri River basin sensitive to decadal climate variability
Department:October 26, 2016Source:A study partially funded by CPO's Sectoral Applications Research Program and published in the Journal of Hydrometeorology found after simulation experiments that climate variability phenomena can...
Q&A: Is Arctic warming fueling severe winter weather in the mid-latitudes?
Department:October 26, 2016We caught up with James Overland, oceanographer at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, to hear about his latest research on whether Arctic warming is fueling more severe winter weather in...