A new groundbreaking project explores the vital role of trust in fostering community acceptance of flood prevention strategies, particularly in coastal areas vulnerable to flooding.
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In December 2021, our nation’s most destructive winter tornado outbreak caused 89 fatalities and 672 injuries. New research finds the outbreak occurred under a prolonged negative Pacific-North American pattern.
A new study finds that most of New York City's organic pollutants come from secondary sources; they are created through chemical transformations in the atmosphere rather than emitted directly from a source.
When thinking about drought and heatwaves, it is natural to focus on the western contiguous United States. But an ongoing drought has also struck the Northeast. A new study examines how climate change may affect droughts in that region.
Zooplankton contribute to the transfer of carbon from the atmosphere to the deep ocean. Better representation of their relationship with chlorophyll will improve projections of climate change impacts.
A new study in Nature Climate Change finds regional variations in snowpack melt as temperatures rise. The researchers conclude that, in the United States, snowpack in coastal regions and the south is most “at-risk” from climate change while snowpack in the northern interior of the country is less vulnerable.
A new study has found a link between red tides and dead zones along Florida’s west coast. When harmful algal blooms strike in early summer and persist into autumn, low-oxygen dead zones are also likely.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a key component of global climate. A new study shows that, since 1980, AMOC has had periods of strengthening and weakening, although the magnitudes of change are uncertain.
A key factor that determines how users respond to forecasts is the extent to which they trust the information. To help integrate this understanding into forecast valuation, a recent study proposes a framework to model trust in drought forecast information that captures how users’ trust forms and evolves over time and shows how trust influences users’ decisions.
The National Academies recently began a new study, largely sponsored by CPO’s Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, and Climate (AC4) program , to improve tracking of human-caused methane emissions …