News & Research Highlights

This winter has brought multiple rounds of devastating severe weather to the southeastern U.S., with more than 200 reported tornadoes and 14 fatalities. To better understand the deadly storms in this region, scientists will conduct research as they travel through seven states in the second year of one of the largest and most comprehensive severe storm field projects to date.

A cruise supported by NOAA’s AOML and PMEL set sail on November 1, 2022. Over the next 40 days, the cruise recovered and redeployed key moorings in the Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA), and conducted research projects on the ocean and atmosphere that advance our understanding of carbon absorption in the ocean and atmospheric pollution.

Fifty years ago, NOAA opened the Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratories (AOML) on Virginia Key in Miami, Florida. From entering measurements on keypunch cards, to the development of a state-of-the-art data center, AOML continues to build on the experience and discoveries of five decades of technological and scientific advancements.

Scientists have long known that when common pollutants from traffic exhaust get cooked by the sun, they get transformed into ozone and particulates. But what happens when the sun goes down? A new analysis method assesses the influence of nighttime atmospheric chemistry on air quality and climate.

On Wednesday February, 8, 2023, at 11 a.m. MST, the webinar will highlight the online tool covering past incidents, current risks, and future projections of climate hazards in Utah.

The Simple Planning Tool for Louisiana Climate Hazards is a compilation of relatively easy-to-use online interactive tools, maps, and graphs relevant to 17 hazards: 14 climate hazards and 3 non-climate hazards. The tool is also available for Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas.

NOAA's Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory, the benchmark sampling site for monitoring global climate change, is slated to undergo a major renovation and facility upgrade once road access is re ...

Coral scientists have developed a new modeling approach for evaluating coral reef persistence under climate change scenarios. Aiming to improve coral restoration efforts, this new user-friendly framework aims to address the increasing vulnerability of these vital ecosystems.

Analysis of measurements taken during NOAA research flights in 2017 indicates that emissions from a single source, a magnesium refinery, may be responsible for a significant fraction of the fine particles that form the dense winter brown clouds hanging over Salt Lake City.

A series of atmospheric rivers have hit parts of the West, dropping record amounts of precipitation on California. The media, stakeholders, and the public have been asking what does this mean for drought in the region?