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NOAA index tracks how greenhouse gas pollution amplified global warming in 2022

NOAA index tracks how greenhouse gas pollution amplified global warming in 2022

The Annual Greenhouse Gas Index is a measure of the climate-warming influence of long-lived trace greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and how that influence has changed since the onset of the industrial revolution. 

May 23, 2023 0 Comments
Precipitation study in Colorado Rockies strikes gold during epic winter

Precipitation study in Colorado Rockies strikes gold during epic winter

The goal of the study is to improve the accuracy of weather and river flow forecasts in watersheds critical to the southwestern U.S. water supply.

May 9, 2023 0 Comments
One of the planet’s most important carbon sinks is revealing its secrets

One of the planet’s most important carbon sinks is revealing its secrets

The Southern Ocean plays a central role in moderating the rate of climate change, absorbing an estimated 40% of the total amount of human-generated carbon dioxide emissions and 60-90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. A new study led by scientists from NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory quantifies for the first time how many billions of tons of carbon are removed from the atmosphere every year by biological activity. 

April 26, 2023 0 Comments
The Montreal Protocol banned this family of ozone-depleting chemicals. Why are some  still increasing?

The Montreal Protocol banned this family of ozone-depleting chemicals. Why are some still increasing?

April 3, 2023 0 Comments
NOAA scientist’s patented design expands the limits of atmospheric research

NOAA scientist’s patented design expands the limits of atmospheric research

NOAA scientist Andrew Rollins was unsatisfied with the current, research-grade instrument for measuring nitrogen oxides. So he built a better one. 

March 22, 2023 0 Comments
Heat waves happen at the bottom of the ocean too

Heat waves happen at the bottom of the ocean too

A team led by NOAA researchers used a combination of observations and computer models to generate the first broad assessment of bottom marine heat waves in the productive continental shelf waters surrounding North America. 

March 13, 2023 0 Comments
Potent greenhouse gas declines in the US, confirming success of control efforts

Potent greenhouse gas declines in the US, confirming success of control efforts

A new NOAA analysis shows U.S. emissions estimates of the super-potent greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride and shows they have declined between 2007-2018.

March 7, 2023 0 Comments
NOAA research in the stratosphere is taking off

NOAA research in the stratosphere is taking off

Flying out of Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska, a NASA WB-57 research jet carrying a payload of sampling instruments into the stratosphere will gather measurements of trace gases and aerosols in an undersampled region of the atmosphere. 

March 2, 2023 0 Comments
Towering wildfire clouds have big impacts on the stratosphere

Towering wildfire clouds have big impacts on the stratosphere

Smoke from wildfire-generated thunderstorms has greater impacts on the stratosphre, lasts longer and acts differently than scientists previously thought, a new research paper in the journal Science concludes.  

February 23, 2023 0 Comments
Simple-to-use eDNA test will help track marine species

Simple-to-use eDNA test will help track marine species

A scientist with NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory led development of a guide to help marine resource managers use environmental DNA to collect detailed information about the biodiversity of their study areas.

February 15, 2023 0 Comments
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