NOAA seeks applicants for 2022 urban heat island initiative NOAA seeks applicants for 2022 urban heat island initiative The campaigns involving community members and scientists will work to map the hottest areas of their communities to learn where action is needed to protect vulnerable populations now and in the future. Wednesday, November 17, 2021 0 0
Monitoring the atmosphere at the U.S.'s northernmost tip Monitoring the atmosphere at the U.S.'s northernmost tip For nearly 50 years, NOAA’s Barrow Atmospheric Baseline Observatory has provided a window on the world, producing a record of changes that have a profound global reach. Tuesday, November 16, 2021 0 0
Atmospheric carbon dioxide rebounds as global pollution rates approach pre-Covid levels Atmospheric carbon dioxide rebounds as global pollution rates approach pre-Covid levels Friday, November 5, 2021 0 9189
Meet Ko Barrett: NOAA's senior advisor for climate and IPCC vice-chair Meet Ko Barrett: NOAA's senior advisor for climate and IPCC vice-chair At the end of October, a small team of NOAA experts traveled to Glasgow, Scotland to attend the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), an international summit aimed at accelerating... Monday, November 1, 2021 0 3242
Urban areas across the U.S. are undercounting methane emissions, a new study shows Urban areas across the U.S. are undercounting methane emissions, a new study shows An eight-year study of Boston’s natural gas system has revealed that emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, are significantly higher than previously estimated. Thursday, October 28, 2021 0 2024
NOAA, Climate Resilience Fund team up to accelerate U.S. climate resilience NOAA, Climate Resilience Fund team up to accelerate U.S. climate resilience NOAA and the Climate Resilience Fund (CRF) announced on October 22, 2021, the results of its 2021 competitive grants program supporting projects that will help U.S. communities build resilience to the impacts of... Friday, October 22, 2021 0 1659
This solar geoengineering idea has a Goldilocks problem This solar geoengineering idea has a Goldilocks problem Marine cloud brightening, a geoengineering approach to cooling the surface of the Earth by increasing the reflectivity of marine clouds, may be more difficult to execute than anticipated, according to a new NOAA... Wednesday, October 13, 2021 0 2220
NOAA upgrades climate website amid growing demand for climate information NOAA upgrades climate website amid growing demand for climate information NOAA’s Climate Program Office today launched a newly redesigned version of Climate.gov, NOAA’s award-winning, flagship website that provides the public with clear, timely, and science-based information... Tuesday, October 12, 2021 0 0
NOAA’s new uncrewed glider poised to help vastly increase high-altitude research NOAA’s new uncrewed glider poised to help vastly increase high-altitude research NOAA scientists are testing a reliable, low-tech, uncrewed glider that can return a small payload of scientific instruments from the stratosperhere to a pre-determined landing spot, potentially opening up vast new... Thursday, October 7, 2021 0 3201
Former NOAA scientist Suki Manabe shares Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering climate prediction Former NOAA scientist Suki Manabe shares Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering climate prediction Manabe's pioneering research in the 1960s laid the foundation for how scientists perceive the Earth’s climate and how human actions continue to influence it. Wednesday, October 6, 2021 0 0
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