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Wildfires increase winter snowpack — but that isn’t necessarily a good thing
Study shows important potential implications for watershed hydrology
The Atlantic Ocean fingerprint on the climate of the Middle East
The Atlantic Ocean acts as a key pacemaker for Middle East surface air temperature (ME-SAT) multidecadal variability in summer. This is the important result of a study published on NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science unveiling and demonstrating the existence of…
Sun, wind, and hydrogen: New Arctic station will do without diesel fuel
The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has initiated a project of the Russian Federation called “Arctic Hydrogen Energy Applications and Demonstrations” (AHEAD) in the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG). The project is supported by the Russian…
Robotic submarine snaps first-ever images at foundation of notorious Antarctic glacier
During an unprecedented scientific campaign on an Antarctic glacier notorious for contributions to sea-level, researchers took first-ever images at the glacier’s foundations on the ocean floor. The area is key to Thwaites Glacier’s potential to become more dangerous, and in…
The Atlantic Ocean fingerprint on the climate of the Middle East
The Atlantic Ocean acts as a key pacemaker for Middle East surface air temperature (ME-SAT) multidecadal variability in summer. This is the important result of a study published on NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science unveiling and demonstrating the existence of…
Sun, wind, and hydrogen: New Arctic station will do without diesel fuel
The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has initiated a project of the Russian Federation called “Arctic Hydrogen Energy Applications and Demonstrations” (AHEAD) in the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG). The project is supported by the Russian…
Robotic submarine snaps first-ever images at foundation of notorious Antarctic glacier
During an unprecedented scientific campaign on an Antarctic glacier notorious for contributions to sea-level, researchers took first-ever images at the glacier’s foundations on the ocean floor. The area is key to Thwaites Glacier’s potential to become more dangerous, and in…
Coalition to study impact of sea-level rise, climate change on bays and estuaries
CAMBRIDGE, MD (January 30, 2020)– The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) has been awarded a $500,000 grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lead a coalition of scientists from around the country to study the impact…
Coalition to study impact of sea-level rise, climate change on bays and estuaries
CAMBRIDGE, MD (January 30, 2020)– The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) has been awarded a $500,000 grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lead a coalition of scientists from around the country to study the impact…
Forum to make sense of Australia’s bushfire crisis
Bushfire experts converge for forum at QUT — Jan. 31
Forum to make sense of Australia’s bushfire crisis
Bushfire experts converge for forum at QUT — Jan. 31
Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystems face a perfect storm
A combination of climate change, extreme weather and pressure from local human activity is causing a collapse in global biodiversity and ecosystems across the tropics, new research shows.
Seismic biomarkers in Japan Trench fault zone reveal history of large earthquakes
Researchers found multiple faults with evidence of more than 10 meters of slip during past large earthquakes in the region hit by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami
NASA’s Aqua satellite reveals Tropical Cyclone Esami’s dissipation
Tropical Cyclone Esami formed in the Southern Indian Ocean and just three days later, visible imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite confirmed the storm had dissipated. Tropical Cyclone Esami formed on January 24 at 4 p.m. EST (2100 UTC) about 764…
NASA catches the dying remnants of Tropical Cyclone 12P
Tropical Cyclone 12P formed in the Southern Pacific Ocean on January 25 and two days later, NASA’s Aqua satellite observed the storm’s demise. Tropical Cyclone 12P formed on January 25 at 10 a.m. EST (1500 UTC) about 142 nautical miles…
NASA finds Tropical Cyclone Diane’s quick fade
Tropical Cyclone Diane formed late on January 24 and by the next day it was reduced to a remnant low-pressure system in the Southern Indian Ocean. NASA’s Aqua satellite provided a look at its remnants on Jan. 27. On Jan.…
Seismic biomarkers in Japan Trench fault zone reveal history of large earthquakes
Researchers found multiple faults with evidence of more than 10 meters of slip during past large earthquakes in the region hit by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami
Driven by Earth’s orbit, climate changes in Africa may have aided human migration
MADISON – In 1961, John Kutzbach, then a recent college graduate, was stationed in France as an aviation weather forecaster for the U.S. Air Force. There, he found himself exploring the storied caves of Dordogne, including the prehistoric painted caves…
NASA’s Aqua satellite reveals Tropical Cyclone Esami’s dissipation
Tropical Cyclone Esami formed in the Southern Indian Ocean and just three days later, visible imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite confirmed the storm had dissipated. Tropical Cyclone Esami formed on January 24 at 4 p.m. EST (2100 UTC) about 764…
NASA catches the dying remnants of Tropical Cyclone 12P
Tropical Cyclone 12P formed in the Southern Pacific Ocean on January 25 and two days later, NASA’s Aqua satellite observed the storm’s demise. Tropical Cyclone 12P formed on January 25 at 10 a.m. EST (1500 UTC) about 142 nautical miles…
NASA finds Tropical Cyclone Diane’s quick fade
Tropical Cyclone Diane formed late on January 24 and by the next day it was reduced to a remnant low-pressure system in the Southern Indian Ocean. NASA’s Aqua satellite provided a look at its remnants on Jan. 27. On Jan.…
Driven by Earth’s orbit, climate changes in Africa may have aided human migration
MADISON – In 1961, John Kutzbach, then a recent college graduate, was stationed in France as an aviation weather forecaster for the U.S. Air Force. There, he found himself exploring the storied caves of Dordogne, including the prehistoric painted caves…
Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystems face a perfect storm
A combination of climate change, extreme weather and pressure from local human activity is causing a collapse in global biodiversity and ecosystems across the tropics, new research shows. The study, published today, mapped over 100 locations where tropical forests and…
NASA finds wind shear affected new Tropical Cyclone 09S
Tropical Cyclone 09S formed on Jan. 22 in the Southern Indian Ocean despite being affected by vertical wind shear and one day later, wind shear caused its demise. The end of 09S was caught by NASA’s Aqua satellite. On Jan.…
Warmer, dryer, browner
Climate hazard scientists connect 2018’s Four Corners drought directly to human-caused climate change
NASA finds wind shear affected new Tropical Cyclone 09S
Tropical Cyclone 09S formed on Jan. 22 in the Southern Indian Ocean despite being affected by vertical wind shear and one day later, wind shear caused its demise. The end of 09S was caught by NASA’s Aqua satellite. On Jan.…
Warmer, dryer, browner
Climate hazard scientists connect 2018’s Four Corners drought directly to human-caused climate change
Arctic sea ice can’t ‘bounce back’
Arctic sea ice cannot “quickly bounce back” if climate change causes it to melt, new research suggests.
Pioneer in charting modern sea-level rise to receive 2020 Vetlesen Prize
Anny Cazenave initiated use of satellites to understand a key result of climate change
Human-sparked fires smaller, less intense but more frequent with longer seasons
Study sheds light on ‘new normal’ for firefighters
Arctic sea ice can’t ‘bounce back’
Arctic sea ice cannot “quickly bounce back” if climate change causes it to melt, new research suggests. A team of scientists led by the University of Exeter used the shells of quahog clams, which can live for hundreds of years,…
Pioneer in charting modern sea-level rise to receive 2020 Vetlesen Prize
Anny Cazenave initiated use of satellites to understand a key result of climate change
Platypus on brink of extinction
Australia’s devastating drought is having a critical impact on the iconic platypus, a globally unique mammal, with increasing reports of rivers drying up and platypuses becoming stranded. Platypuses were once considered widespread across the eastern Australian mainland and Tasmania, although…
Human-sparked fires smaller, less intense but more frequent with longer seasons
Study sheds light on ‘new normal’ for firefighters
Arctic sea ice can’t ‘bounce back’
Arctic sea ice cannot “quickly bounce back” if climate change causes it to melt, new research suggests. A team of scientists led by the University of Exeter used the shells of quahog clams, which can live for hundreds of years,…
Platypus on brink of extinction
Australia’s devastating drought is having a critical impact on the iconic platypus, a globally unique mammal, with increasing reports of rivers drying up and platypuses becoming stranded. Platypuses were once considered widespread across the eastern Australian mainland and Tasmania, although…
Ozone-depleting substances caused half of late 20th-century Arctic warming, says study
Implicated in a third of overall global warming at the time
Tracking the scent of warming tundra
Climate change is causing the subarctic tundra to warm twice as fast as the global average, and this warming is speeding up the activity of the plant life. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and the Helmholtz Zentrum München,…
NASA catches the dissipation of Tropical Cyclone Claudia
Tropical Cyclone Claudia was dissipating in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA’s Terra satellite captured a visible image of storm as it flew overhead in its orbit around the Earth. On Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. EST (2100 UTC) the…
NRL researching rivers in the sky
WASHINGTON – Meteorologists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory plan to take a harder look in 2020 at a prime, yet difficult to model, component of the global water cycle known as atmospheric rivers. Rivers in the sky, sometimes known…
NASA catches the dissipation of Tropical Cyclone Claudia
Tropical Cyclone Claudia was dissipating in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA’s Terra satellite captured a visible image of storm as it flew overhead in its orbit around the Earth. On Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. EST (2100 UTC) the…
NRL researching rivers in the sky
WASHINGTON – Meteorologists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory plan to take a harder look in 2020 at a prime, yet difficult to model, component of the global water cycle known as atmospheric rivers. Rivers in the sky, sometimes known…
NASA catches the dissipation of Tropical Cyclone Claudia
Tropical Cyclone Claudia was dissipating in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA’s Terra satellite captured a visible image of storm as it flew overhead in its orbit around the Earth. On Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. EST (2100 UTC) the…
NRL researching rivers in the sky
WASHINGTON – Meteorologists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory plan to take a harder look in 2020 at a prime, yet difficult to model, component of the global water cycle known as atmospheric rivers. Rivers in the sky, sometimes known…
NASA infrared data analyzes cloud top temperatures in Tropical Cyclone Claudia
Satellite data of Tropical Cyclone Claudia’s cloud top temperatures revealed that the storm was weakening. One of the ways NASA researches tropical cyclones is using infrared data that provides temperature information. The AIRS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a…
NASA, NOAA analyses reveal 2019 second warmest year on record
According to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880. Globally, 2019 temperatures were second only to those of 2016…
NASA infrared data analyzes cloud top temperatures in Tropical Cyclone Claudia
Satellite data of Tropical Cyclone Claudia’s cloud top temperatures revealed that the storm was weakening. One of the ways NASA researches tropical cyclones is using infrared data that provides temperature information. The AIRS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a…
NASA, NOAA analyses reveal 2019 second warmest year on record
According to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880. Globally, 2019 temperatures were second only to those of 2016…
From smoke going round the world to aerosol levels, NASA observes Australia’s bushfires
NASA scientists using data from its NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite, has traced the movement of the smoke coming off the Australian fires across the globe showing that it has circumnavigated the Earth. In an image created from data gathered by…