Planned burns in grasslands, shrublands, and farmland affect air quality and health, but few studies have investigated how different crops contribute to pollution. A new study examines how much the crop type matters in the Eastern United States.
Between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, enhanced water mixing is causes colder sea surface temperatures. A new study finds sea surface temperatures are influenced on daily and seasonal timescales.
A new report detailing the accomplishments of the NOAA Sea Ice Modeling Collaboration Workshop, held in April 2023, is now available from the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
A new study finds that data assimilation in Tropical Pacific models can improve predictions of sea surface temperature, but may not benefit predictions of mixed layer depth.
Besides meteoric “space dust,” the atmosphere more than seven miles above Earth’s surface is peppered with particles containing metals from satellites and spent rocket boosters vaporized by the intense heat of reentry.
NOAA teamed up with industry aircraft professionals to test the use of uncrewed aircraft to gather observations. Science payloads can help NOAA address air quality, the role of aerosols in Earth’s energy budget, and atmospheric interactions.
Amid rising temperatures in the Western and Eastern United States, a cooling trend has dominated summer daytime temperatures over the central United States since the mid-twentieth century. A new study examines the role of natural variability.
Formic and acetic acid, which contribute to acid rain and aerosols, are too abundant for scientists to identify all their sources. A new study explains why models tend to underestimate their extent.
Sharks, seals, birds, and fish count among predator species in the Northeastern Pacific that are ecologically, culturally, and commercially valuable. A new study shows how marine heatwaves affect predators differently.
Sea surface temperatures, storms, greenhouse gases, aerosols, and natural radiation all affect the tropical Atlantic climate. A new study finds that a north-to-south ocean temperature gradient is a key driver of Atlantic hurricanes and Sahel rainfall.