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New study demonstrates the impacts of multiple stressors on reef-building corals

March 29, 2025

New research shows Staghorn Coral may prove resilient to a single environmental stressor, but prove less resilient when facing a combination of stressors simultaneously.

Five ways NOAA research is making your life better—right now

March 25, 2025

Benefits include improved wildfire forecasts, safer drinking water, better flood predictions, sea floor mapping, and healthier fisheries.

Injecting light-reflecting particles into the stratosphere could also make marine clouds brighter

March 25, 2025

New research finds that diffusion of sunlight from particles in Earth’s stratosphere could indirectly make marine clouds thousands of feet below more reflective.

Global analysis reveals wildland-urban interface fires carry higher health burden

March 25, 2025

Although wildland-urban interface fires make up a small fraction of total fire emissions, they are responsible for a much larger share of smoke-related premature deaths.

New article on humid heat trends in the Southeast United States

March 25, 2025

Humid heat often worsens health risks of extreme heat by compromising human cooling mechanisms (sweating).

Confronting climate models with observations: a global assessment of simulated and historical climate trends

March 25, 2025

A new study finds that while climate models have successfully captured many global warming trends, such as rising temperatures and more intense downpours, they still fall short in key areas.

New research offers insights into why climate models often get spring El Niño forecasts wrong

March 25, 2025

Climate model overconfidence when predicting El Niño from March through May might result from models leaning too heavily on tropical Pacific signals.

Cooking emissions rival fossil fuels as an ozone pollution source in Los Angeles

March 15, 2025

As the adoption of cleaner-burning engines and electric vehicles drives fossil fuel emissions lower, volatile organic compounds from cooking are playing a significant role in ozone over Los Angeles.

Bringing storm surge to virtual reality

March 15, 2025

A new virtual reality simulation will use the idea that “seeing is believing” to show people why coastal evacuation orders are so important during storms.

Scientists at AOML monitor the impacts of ocean acidification on reefs with new series of buoys

March 15, 2025

Scientists have deployed a new series of Sofar “Spotter” buoys at four of the seven Mission: Iconic Reefs within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary identified as essential sites for restoration.

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