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Models used in a new study indicate that the primary driver of productivity changes in the California Current System will involve the nitrate concentration in subsurface waters rather than upwelling strength.
For the first time, scientists have combined sea level rise projections with projections of changes in coastal storms to simulate future flooding and storm surge in New York City. A new NOAA ...
A study partly funded by the CPO quantified long term trends in adaptation to temperature increases in New York City using historical patterns of temperature and mortality, as well as temperature ...
NOAA OAR played a significant role in the recently-convened AGU Chapman Conference on the California Drought, held in Irvine, California during April 20-22. The conference was convened by Marty ...
Process understanding of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) has increased dramatically over the past decade, but many observed features of the MJO are not well explained by physical mechanisms ...
New research titled: “Observational evidence for interhemispheric hydorxyl parity,” appeared in the Sept. 11 issue of Nature. The research, which is about the abundance of the hydroxyl radical on ...
Recent evidence suggests that detritus from fishes and gelatinous zooplankton may have a disproportionate impact on the ocean’s biological pump because they sink approximately 10 times faster than bulk detritus.