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Wave gliders, ocean drifters and drones to help international researchers solve key climate question

Wave gliders, ocean drifters and drones to help international researchers solve key climate question

American and European scientists are deploying dozens of autonomous and remotely-piloted instrument platforms to capture simultaneous observations of the lower atmosphere and the upper ocean offshore of Barbados with unprecedented detail.

January 23, 2020 0 Comments
Braving the Eye of the Storm

Braving the Eye of the Storm

First data to be published from experimental drone flights into hurricane eyewalls demonstrates value for improving models. 

November 21, 2019 0 Comments
2019 ozone hole smallest on record

2019 ozone hole smallest on record

Abnormal weather patterns in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica dramatically limited
ozone depletion in September and October, resulting in the smallest ozone hole observed since
1982, NASA and NOAA scientists reported today.

October 21, 2019 0 Comments
Mahoney named director of NOAA’s Global Systems Division

Mahoney named director of NOAA’s Global Systems Division

October 18, 2019 0 Comments
Tiny Particles Brighten Clouds in the Tropics

Tiny Particles Brighten Clouds in the Tropics

Findings from one of the first studies produced by the Atmospheric Tomorgraphy mission suggest climate models may underestimate the cooling effect of tropical clouds.  

October 17, 2019 0 Comments
Old weather “time machine” opens a treasure trove for researchers

Old weather “time machine” opens a treasure trove for researchers

https://cires.colorado.edu/A NOAA-funded research team ha published an update the 20th Century Reanalysis Project, a dauntingly complex, high-resolution, four-dimensional reconstruction of the global climate that estimates what the weather was for every day back to 1836.

October 9, 2019 0 Comments
A Year Locked in Ice

A Year Locked in Ice

An expedition to the central Arctic will give scientists the first opportunity to study the dramatic changes sweeping across the top of the world for an entire year. 

September 20, 2019 0 Comments
Searching for tiny clues to changing seas

Searching for tiny clues to changing seas

An annual zooplankton surveys help scientists track the health of the Bering and Chukchi seas.  

August 22, 2019 0 Comments
Bird die-offs provide window into a changing Arctic

Bird die-offs provide window into a changing Arctic

A tiny seabird's struggle is emblematic of a changing Arctic.

August 15, 2019 0 Comments
Soot from massive 2017 fire clouds persisted in stratosphere for months

Soot from massive 2017 fire clouds persisted in stratosphere for months

A sooty cloud generated by a 2017 firestorm provided an ideal opportunity for researchers to test a climate model that simulated the lifetime of that soot in the stratosphere.

August 8, 2019 0 Comments
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