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September 5, 2013

New analyses find evidence of human-caused climate change in half of the 12 extreme weather and climate events analyzed from 2012

Human influences are having an impact on some extreme weather and climate events, according to the report “Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective” released today by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

New analyses find evidence of human-caused climate change in half of the 12 extreme weather and climate events analyzed from 2012 Read More >

New NOAA ocean acidification monitoring buoy New NOAA buoy is first of its kind to be deployed North of the Arctic Circle. (Credit: NOAA)

A more acidic Arctic? NOAA deploys first buoy in region to monitor ocean-absorbing levels of CO2

NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in partnership with the Marine Research Institute in Iceland deployed the first high-latitude ocean acidification monitoring buoy in the Atlantic Ocean in early August. The moored buoy is the first of its kind to be deployed north of the Arctic circle in a region where very little is known about how carbon dioxide (CO2) is entering the ocean environment.

A more acidic Arctic? NOAA deploys first buoy in region to monitor ocean-absorbing levels of CO2 Read More >

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