The dynamics that lift smoke from large wildfires into the upper atmosphere could potentially be employed one day to help temporarily cool the planet, based on the findings of a modeling study led by NOAA scientists.
Study of wildfire plumes provide insights into methods that might cool the planet Read More >
Nine new postdoctoral fellows are commencing cutting-edge research projects that will contribute innovative climate science to the research community as well as NOAA's mission.
NOAA scientists can get a lot done in a year. That’s one big takeaway from the 2020 NOAA Science Report, which outlines our agency’s key scientific accomplishments from 2020.
6 ways NOAA scientists advanced our knowledge of the planet in 2020 Read More >
From warmer ocean temperatures to longer and more intense droughts and heat waves, climate change is affecting our entire planet. Scientists at NOAA have long worked to track, understand and predict how climate change is progressing and impacting ecosystems, communities and economies.
5 ways NOAA scientists are answering big questions about climate change Read More >
Launching uncrewed systems to monitor climate and ecosystem changes in the U.S. Arctic, sequencing the genome for endangered marine species, and improving weather forecasts with advances in regional models — these are just a few of NOAA’s scientific achievements in 2020. The newly released 2020 NOAA Science Report highlights the ways these accomplishments — and many more — provide the foundation for vital services that Americans use every day.
NOAA report highlights 2020 climate, weather, ocean research Read More >
Kendra Hammond is a grants management program specialist in NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO). In this role, she implements and manages grants and cooperative agreements
Kendra Hammond on funding climate research and the importance of self care Read More >
Climate change is causing significant impacts on the Great Lakes and the surrounding region. As the largest surface freshwater system in the world, the Great Lakes have an enormous impact, seen and unseen, on the more than 34 million people who live within their collective basin. Because of their unique response to environmental conditions, Earth’s large lakes are considered by scientists as key sentinels of climate change. A long-term study published in Nature Communications today from NOAA reveals a warming trend in deepwater temperatures that foreshadows profound ecological change on the horizon. While less visible than the loss in ice cover and increasing lake surface temperatures, this latest index of climate change adds to the growing evidence of climate change impacts in the region.
Climate-driven shifts in deep Lake Michigan water temperatures signal the loss of winter Read More >
For Sea Grant, resilience is more than a buzzword. Sea Grant is involved in every aspect of climate resilience planning, from start to finish.
How NOAA Sea Grant helps communities increase their climate resilience Read More >
As the planet warms, scientists expect that mountain snowpack should melt progressively earlier in the year – but that melt isn't evenly distribted from location to location.
New study identifies mountain snowpack most “at-risk” from climate change Read More >
The answer is important for understanding how the Earth system is responding to climate change.
Is the Southern Ocean absorbing or emitting carbon dioxide? Read More >
