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Researchers study if Arctic warming behind 'weird weather'

October 03, 2014

NOAA and JISAO scientists are flying the high-tech P-3 aircraft to hunt some secrets of climate change. Thursday morning, a 12-person NOAA crew, plus four climate scientists prepared to set off for Alaska, and a mission to monitor changing ocean and atmospheric conditions.

Link: Researchers study if Arctic warming behind 'weird weather'

Special flight from Seattle to Arctic studies global warming

October 02, 2014

A mission to the Arctic is now underway aboard a sophisticated high tech weather plane to continue study of the melting of ice and the warming of the Arctic Ocean. On board are some of the nation's top scientists on climate change.

Link: Special flight from Seattle to Arctic studies global warming

NOAA contributes key carbon dioxide data to global carbon assessment

September 25, 2014

A global report released this week on changing carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land environment draws heavily from data and observations by NOAA research scientists and their partners.

Link: NOAA contributes key carbon dioxide data to global carbon assessment

Study links changing winds to warming in Pacific

September 22, 2014

A new study released Monday found that warming temperatures in Pacific Ocean waters off the coast of North America over the past century closely followed natural changes in the wind, not increases in greenhouse gases related to global warming.

Link: Study links changing winds to warming in Pacific

Old Ship Logs Reveal Adventure, Tragedy and Hints About Climate

September 03, 2014

What can yesterday's weather tell us about how the climate is changing today? That's what an army of volunteers looking at old ships' logs is trying to answer through the Old Weather project.  PMEL is a partner is the Arctic data recovery discussed in this interview.  See PMEL's Arctic ReDiscovery website for a discussion of the project featured in this news article.

Link: Old Ship Logs Reveal Adventure, Tragedy and Hints About Climate

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