How social science helps us combat climate change
How social science helps combat climate change
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Helping communities prepare for wildfires
Recent wildfire disasters have devastated Hawaii, California, North Carolina, and parts of the western U.S., while major cities during the summer of 2023 saw dangerous air quality levels due to smoke from Canadian fires. Critical research is being funded by an additional $100 million over five years through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) in FY22 to improve the prediction, detection, and recovery from wildfires.
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Meet the women advancing NOAA’s severe weather research
This week for Women’s History Month, we are highlighting some of the women who are making critical contributions to NOAA’s work in severe weather research. Meet five women who are working on progress and solutions to better prepare society for severe weather events.
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Meet the women of NOAA advancing greenhouse gas research
Meet seven women who are tackling greenhouse gas research challenges head on through innovating measurement technologies, integrating data into models, translating research findings into content for a variety of audiences, and more.
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Could drying the stratosphere help cool the planet?
While human-caused carbon dioxide emissions are by far the most important driver of climate change, water vapor is actually the most abundant greenhouse gas, and is responsible for about half of Earth’s natural greenhouse effect – the one that keeps our planet habitable.
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50 years of getting ENSO predictions *mostly* correct
It’s been 50 years since the first attempt to forecast the El Niño/Southern Oscillation. So, what is ENSO and why is it so important to anticipate the timing of the cycle?
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Women in Sciences Leadership Workshop
Women face many leadership challenges at every career stage. NOAA hosts a “Women in Sciences Leadership” workshop to provide training that builds personal leadership and management skills for success in scientific organizations. This annual workshop started in 2018 and continues to provide women across the nation with skills with a better understanding of their natural work styles, how to work with others, and how to deliver and accept feedback, and emotional intelligence. While NOAA supports this workshop, it is open to all people in sciences who identify as women.
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Great Lakes ice coverage reaches historic low
“We’ve crossed a threshold in which we are at a historic low for ice cover for the Great Lakes as a whole,” says GLERL’s Bryan Mrockza, a physical scientist. “We have never seen ice levels this low in Mid-February on the lakes since our records began in 1973.”
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Celebrating Dr. Gary Matlock’s 30-year NOAA Career
Dr. Gary C. Matlock, NOAA Research’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, is retiring on February 29, 2024. We sat down with Dr. Matlock to capture
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How two scientists have advanced marine ecosystems research in the Arctic
Grebmeier and Cooper are not just contributing to research, they are connecting and building scientific communities focused on improving our understanding of Arctic marine ecosystems.
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