Great Lakes region's relatively low risk of climate hazards and abundant natural resources make it a possible destination for climate migration. New web tools facilitate planning for regional population growth.
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At ground level, the mobile lab can often measure emissions closer to the fire source, and it can be used at night when flying an aircraft near a wildfire may be hazardous. Lab results show that wildfire emissions vary based on whether the fire is flaming or smoldering.
A new study examines how well weather radar products can characterize wildfire and smoke behavior. The study finds that radar-based estimates can compensate for gaps in satellite data.
In contrast with the global models used for the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report, a new model offers a 10-fold improvement in spatial resolution over the contiguous United States, to better resolve cities, mountain valleys, thunderstorms, and urban-to-rural air quality variations.
How do plants affect the carbon cycle in the Arctic? Simply measuring carbon dioxide doesn’t answer that question clearly, but new research indicates that measuring carbonyl sulfide gives researchers more clarity on plants’ role.
As the catastrophic Colorado wildfires of late 2020 burned out of control, Access Sensor Technologies, a small company based in Fort Collins, Colorado, used the event as an opportunity to test a brand-new, air-sampling technology.
On March 15, 2021, the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA), published new guidance, “A Practitioner’s Guide to Climate Model Scenarios.” The guide summarizes differences between the scenarios for the Great Lakes region to show how the choice of model scenario affects future temperature and precipitation projections.
The Northwest Atlantic Shelf, from the coasts of North Carolina to Newfoundland, has warmed faster than almost any other part of the ocean. A new study forecasts a temporary warming pause, but long-term warming is projected to continue.
A recently published and thorough review of the current state of scientific knowledge regarding the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has been published in Reviews of Geophysics ...
Multidecadal variability of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has been reconstructed by proxies, simulated in climate models, and linked to Arctic salinity variability. Still, some aspects of the AMOC have eluded understanding from a theoretical perspective. A new model may help.