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Besides greenhouse gasses, U.S. oil and natural gas production emits ethane. A new study indicates that ethane emission levels are about three times higher than the EPA’s estimates.
Analysis of measurements taken during NOAA research flights in 2017 indicates that emissions from a single source, a magnesium refinery, may be responsible for a significant fraction of the fine particles that form the dense winter brown clouds hanging over Salt Lake City.
A new paper quantifies the role played by phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean, which moderates climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and transporting carbon to the ocean depths.
After the eruption of Mauna Loa Volcano on November 27, 2022, Mauna Loa Observatory staff restored limited power to four key observatory buildings by augmenting existing solar generation and adding battery systems.
The report builds upon the Fourth National Climate Assessment, providing the Republic of Palau a closer look at the implications of climate variability and change for a wide range of sectors.
Six years after Kate Bemis walked into the NOAA National Systematics Lab for the first day of her Hollings summer internship, she returned to the office — only now she was starting the first day of…
In 2022, mid-latitude ozone-depleting gases fell halfway back to their 1980 levels. The reduction marks a major milestone because ozone depletion was not significant prior to 1980.