The current winter season began with very warm air temperatures, resulting in slow ice formation on the Great Lakes. January 2024 has brought a sudden drop in temperatures, with the potential for more ice.
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One process driving the North Pacific's trajectory into uncharted waters is rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Those rising concentrations are driving more heat into the ocean's surface layer.
California is the nation's most populous state, and one of the largest contributors to food security. Reliable precipitation forecasts are in high demand but hard to deliver. A new paper examines the challenges.
Severe storms might seem like great equalizers, but coastal flooding doesn’t affect everyone the same way. A new study in Climatic Change highlights the factors that make some people in the storm’s path more vulnerable.
In spring and summer 2020, small- and medium-sized businesses in California’s Sierra Nevada Region faced the largest wildfire season in recorded state history and the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study examines how they coped with multiple disruptions.
A new study finds wildfire smoke significantly raised fine particulate matter and ozone levels, leading to numerous days when air pollution exceeded health standards.
As greenhouse gas emissions have risen, Arctic sea ice has declined. But natural variability influencing winds can also affect sea ice. A recent study finds the atmospheric mode associated with likely melt is a summertime “Figure-8” high pressure centered over the Arctic and extending over Greenland.
A CPO-funded study found that wind speed variability associated with the Atlantic Meridional Mode contributes to anomalies in sea surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial Atlantic and the ...
A CPO-funded study found that wind speed variability associated with the Atlantic Meridional Mode contributes to anomalies in sea surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial Atlantic and the ...
Along the Mid-Atlantic Coast, sea level changes are growing more extreme. A new study finds these shifts are driven primarily by changing wind patterns.