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Climate Monitoring

Filling A Data Gap In The Tropical Pacific To Reveal Daily Air-Sea Interactions

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This is a repost of an original NOAA Climate Program Office story published March 25, 2024. Research has long shown that ocean surface temperatures can influence the atmosphere. Over the past twenty years, researchers have been studying how the atmosphere reacts to changing ocean temperatures globally, sparking debates on the exact mechanisms at play. Using […]

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Record carbon dioxide emissions impeding progress on meeting climate goals

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This is a repost of a NOAA Research article published December 5, 2023. Read the original post here. NOAA data and models help scientists track the global carbon cycle Greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are projected to reach a record 36.8 billion metric tons in 2023, an increase of 1.1% over 2022, according to

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Arctic Sea Ice Loss Contributed to Greenland’s Increased Ice Sheet Melting, Study Says

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Arctic Sea Ice Loss Contributed to Greenland’s Increased Ice Sheet Melting, Study Says New CPO-supported research found that decreasing Arctic sea ice has been an important contributor to changes in atmospheric circulation and temperature, both factors promoting Greenland’s surface melt. A report of the study appears in the May 2016 issue of the Journal of Climate.

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