Clouds produced by some wildfires can send black carbon high into the atmosphere, where it can linger for months. Black carbon particles with thicker coatings of other materials absorb more light, potentially doubling their warming effect.
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A new study will investigate the connections between North Atlantic sea surface temperature variability and high-impact climate events in the Eastern and Central United States during summer.
A new virtual reality simulation will use the idea that “seeing is believing” to show people why coastal evacuation orders are so important during storms.
Annual increase in Keeling Curve peak is one of the largest on record.
CPO-funded researcher Dr. Melissa Kenney was the lead author on a paper published in the journal Climatic Change. The paper “Building an integrated U.S. National Climate Indicators System,” appeared…
The U.S. National Climate Indicators System is a climate dashboard, led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), that monitors and analyzes specific physical, ecological, and societal ...
In a recent study published in the journal Coral Reefs, scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) found that staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) fragments exposed to an oscillating temperature treatment were better able to respond to heat stress caused by warming oceans.
An above-normal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is expected, according to forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service. The outlook predicts a 60%…
Continental System for High-resolution prediction on Earth-to-Local Domains (C-SHiELD) combines a global view of weather patterns with the ability to focus on regional and local weather. This helps meteorologists better predict smaller extreme storms over the continental United States.