Heat and humidity worsen urban air pollution. That is just one of many new findings emerging from a batch of recent studies on urban air quality.
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Top-down, atmospheric measurement-based estimates of natural gas emissions across US cities are 2 to 10 times higher than estimates from current bottom-up emission inventories. Current policy aimed at curbing emissions at the pipeline level may not effectively mitigate future methane concerns.
As NOAA promotes green and natural infrastructure, it is helpful to understand the specific arrangements that provide co-benefits to communities.
A new report evaluated present-day infrastructure, design specifications, and procedures against expected climate change to better understand its future impact on Con Edison’s energy delivery …
The giant methane cloud spotted by satellite over the U.S. Southwest that made national headlines in 2014 wasn’t a persistent, undiscovered “hotspot” as first thought, but the result of a nightly ...
On September 21, 2022, the United States Senate successfully approved the Kigali Amendment of the Montreal Protocol. The Kigali Amendment is an international agreement to phase out and replace hydrofluorocarbons, a class of chemicals that act as potent greenhouse gasses.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) has released a pilot set of 14 climate change indicators. These indicators visually communicate some of the key aspects and effects of the changing …
August 4: A team of NOAA and University of Washington Cooperative Institute scientists flew over Alaskan waters to conduct renewed research on Arctic ocean heat flows. Scientists deployed 30 floats from NOAA aircraft that will provide key temperature data to better understand how the Arctic ocean is warming.
The NOAA Blue Carbon Inventory Project works with partner countries to advance the development of climate change mitigation, coastal wetland management, and resilience strategies that reflect the societal and climate value of coastal wetlands.
In some places, small shifts in tropical precipitation patterns can mean the difference between drought or excess rain, and can alter larger atmospheric patterns. How will tropical preciptation change in a warming climate?