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Despite rapid Arctic warming, plan for more frigid spells
New research on the Arctic confirms that even as the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the world, cold-air outbreaks from the polar region will continue across the Northern Hemisphere in the coming decades.
The big challenge now is to better understand what triggers these cold-air outbreak events and how to improve their predictability.
Much of the previous research has shown how a weakening of the ... more
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Scientists are still untangling the complex relationship between El Niño and human-driven warming, but their confluence has major implications for extreme weather and... more
The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.
Atlantic Niño/Niña events can influence hurricane development, but they can be difficult to predict. A new study sheds light on the oceanic chain reaction that can trigger... more
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Surprising findings from a pair of NOAA buoys show the importance of frequent, long-term observations
While the global ocean has long been recognized as a crucial carbon sink, quantifying the exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2) between the ocean and atmosphere has become one of the most daunting challenges in Earth science. Researchers have labored for decades to capture observations that would help them understand with greater precision how different ocean regions... more