The year-long MOSAiC expedition collected unprecedented environmental data from the Central Arctic Ocean. The research team has just published three overview articles on the MOSAiC atmosphere, snow and sea ice, and ocean.
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When white lesions began appearing at the famously intact Flower Garden Banks coral reef system, scientists knew a rapid, multi-agency, collaborative response was vital to learn from this coral disease outbreak.
Atmospheric rivers generate most of the economic losses associated with flooding in the western United States. A new3 study find these damages could increase by over a billion dollars by the 2090s.
A 3,800-year-old tree found buried in clay lost less than 5% of its carbon. This suggests similar burial conditions could preserve wood and prevent carbon release into the atmosphere.
Atmospheric and oceanic conditions are primed to fuel storm development in the Atlantic, leading to what could be an “extremely active” season, according to forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction…
Rapid onset drought events or "flash droughts" occur rapidly (i.e., as short as a few weeks) and can impact agriculture harsher than longer lasting droughts because farmers have less time to prepare…
As the southeastern United States reels from the impact of two historic hurricanes, disinformation about nonexistent weather manipulation technology is spreading across the internet.
For engineers and scientists, sometimes failure means progress. When developing a new technology, the process is to field test, fail, tweak, and test again, each time failing a little less and learning what does and does not work until–finally–they get it right.
A new study conducted in Wisconsin indicates that low, fair-weather, cumulus clouds stimulate stronger surface energy exchange in comparison to other sky conditions over a forested landscape.
Please join us on February 26 for a webinar featuring work funded by the Sectoral Applications Research Program (SARP) and conducted by the Western Water Assessment (WWA, a NOAA-funded ...