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February 2024 ENSO Outlook: All along the La Niña WATCH-tower

Tom Di Liberto | February 08, 2024

A La Niña Watch has been issued by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. But also, we are still in El Niño! Confused? Let the ENSO bloggers explain.

Preliminary analysis says global warming more to blame than El Niño for Amazon's ongoing record drought

Rebecca Lindsey | February 07, 2024

2023 “exceptional” drought would have been two categories weaker and ~30 times less likely in a world without global warming.

How two scientists have advanced marine ecosystems research in the Arctic

February 06, 2024

The researchers are not just contributing to research, they are connecting and building scientific communities focused on improving our understanding of Arctic marine ecosystems.

Modeling and paleoclimate study links recent hurricane trends with internal climate variability

February 06, 2024

Researchers have found that late-20th-century hurricane frequency aligns statistically with patterns seen over the past thousand years, challenging common assumptions about recent trends.

New study finds an ongoing shift in the pollution dynamics of New York City

February 06, 2024

A new study finds that most of New York City's organic pollutants come from secondary sources; they are created through chemical transformations in the atmosphere rather than emitted directly from a source.

NOAA launches a regenerative tourism catalyst grants program

February 06, 2024

Sustainable tourism focuses on minimizing the negative impacts of tourism for the benefit of future generations. Regenerative tourism seeks to leave the destination better than it was while improving the quality of life of the local community.

New mapping method uses sustained observations to estimate AMOC at 22.5°S

February 06, 2024

A new study estimates the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and heat transport at 22.5°S in the South Atlantic, demonstrating the importance of sustained in situ observations to monitor the state of the AMOC.

U. S. climate outlook for February 2024

Mike Halpert | February 01, 2024

January brought the country both warm and cold extremes; which is likely to dominate in February?

Saildrone helping scientists improve hurricane forecasts

January 30, 2024

Observations and measurements collected by the ocean robot can detect sudden changes in ocean conditions not captured by satellites and boost forecast accuracy with improved data.

Discovering new patterns in warm conveyor belts in the Pacific

January 30, 2024

A new study finds that the location of the Madden–Julian Oscillation affects where precipitation-rich warm conveyor belts occur over the Pacific Ocean.

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