Methane is the second most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas in the atmosphere after carbon dioxide, with U.S. oil and natural gas supply chain methane emissions, in particular, making up ...
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Comparing the groundhog‘s shadow to U.S. national temperature observations, Punxsutawney Phil has been right five years over 2011–2010. As for 2021, only time will tell.
Two new studies focusing on the tropical Pacific and atmospheric circulation uncover mechanisms driving extreme weather patterns and may help improve predictions.
A groundbreaking new study spanning more than a decade and hundreds of miles of the Florida Coral Reef demonstrates the key role benthic communities play in reducing the impacts of climate change on coral reef ecosystems, specifically ocean acidification.
Tropical deep convection is one of the leading sources of uncertainty in future projections of the Earth’s temperature. There are uncertainties in the radiative response of convective clouds, which can have negative or positive radiative effects.
A new study captures a snapshot of two decades of global interior ocean measurements, and the study demonstrates that the ocean’s role as a carbon sink and its ability to store anthropogenic carbon may be weakening.