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 4737
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 2695
Antarctic ozone hole is 13th largest on record and expected to persist into November Antarctic ozone hole is 13th largest on record and expected to persist into November This year’s ozone hole developed similarly to last year's: A colder than usual Southern Hemisphere winter lead to a deep and larger-than-average hole that will likely persist into November or early... Thursday, October 28, 2021 0 0
NOAA's National Marine Ecosystem Status website provides one-stop shop for key marine ecosystem data NOAA's National Marine Ecosystem Status website provides one-stop shop for key marine ecosystem data The website is a helpful resource for trends, links, and other information related to essential U.S. coastal and marine ecosystem indicator data. Monday, October 25, 2021 0 1840
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 2306
Researchers head to the mountains to improve weather and water forecasting tools Researchers head to the mountains to improve weather and water forecasting tools A new NOAA-led study of precipitation high in the Colorado Rockies aims to give water managers better forecasts for runoff in the critically important Colorado River Basin. Wednesday, October 20, 2021 0 3135
New study finds urban corals persist in unlikely places New study finds urban corals persist in unlikely places A new study finds coral that live in urban areas have some cool adaptations for their challenging conditions - even specialized proteins for defending against toxic substances. Thursday, October 14, 2021 0 0
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 3133
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 3644
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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