The North Atlantic “warming hole” is an exception to widespread ocean warming. This relatively cool area has been attributed to a slow-down of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but a new study finds the cooling can mostly be explained by atmospheric processes.
From spring to early fall in a typical year, NOAA and research partners conduct several important scientific surveys in the U.S. waters of the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Scientists collect ...
The project provides crucial data on the forest's response to climate change, and gives people who are affected by regulations a role in creating the science that guides management decisions.
A new video shows the efforts of NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory coral researchers to document climate-driven impacts on coral reefs in Dry Tortugas National Park.
Raindrops that are cooler than the ground they land on have a cooling effect, one often omitted from weather models. A new study finds that this effect in India can reduce overall rainfall.
A new United Nations report confirms that the recovery of Earth’s protective ozone layer is on track, and that the Montreal Protocol, the international treaty that guides the phase-out of ozone-destroying chemicals, has had the additional benefit of slowing global warming.
A new study finds that raising modeled mountains reduces modeled rainfall biases. By underestimating the height of mountain ranges, climate models have shown biases in their representation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a tropical rainband that delivers significant precipitation.