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Throughout 2024, NOAA Research continued work to better understand challenges Americans face: droughts, floods, severe weather, heat waves and other environmental hazards.
Scientists from the Physical Sciences Division at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory installed NOAA’s Air-Sea Flux System on the R/V Investigator , a new research vessel of Australia’s ...
A new study accounting for the simultaneous effects of fires, water stress, and plant competition suggests that up to 40 percent of Amazon forests may begin to convert to savanna before mid-century under high greenhouse gas emission scenarios.
Shelled pteropods, microscopic free-swimming sea snails, are widely regarded as indicators for ocean acidification because research has shown that their fragile shells are vulnerable to increasing …
On Monday, November 14, at COP27, a US Center event will highlight international partnerships working towards net-zero and climate resilience goals. Partners include Local2030 Islands Network and the Renewable Energy for Latin America and the Caribbean initiative.
The Adaptation Sciences research program funded a project to assess vulnerability to sea level rise and implement feasible strategies to cope.
A recent study found that extensive weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation occurred in the 2000s, but has paused since the early 2010s due to a tug-of-war between the natural and anthropogenic signals.
New research combines ocean and climate data with computer models to understand how two different types of Atlantic Niño form.