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Climate Monitoring

NOAA Ocean Acidification Program & GOMO fund $3M for optimizing ocean carbon observing

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The NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP), in partnership with NOAA’s Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing (GOMO) Program is pleased to announce the awardees for the  FY24 Coastal and Ocean Carbon Observing Optimization Studies funding opportunity. The expected total NOAA investment of $3,018,812 over three years aims to optimize sampling strategies that improve carbonate chemistry observing systems geared towards delivering data […]

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Oceanic measurements of carbon dioxide continue to decrease, as reported in this year’s ocean carbon data atlas

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SOCAT annual update for 2024 released The release of this year’s Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCATv2024) on June 19th revealed that the number of oceanic measurements of the climate change-driving greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), has continued to decrease, following a downward trend since 2018. The number of observations submitted to this annual update is

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NOAA research cruise supports key tropical Atlantic observing system

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This is a repost of NOAA AOML’s original story published August 6, 2024 There and back again: NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter journeyed away from Pascagoula, Mississippi for 90+ days and 12,700+ nautical miles to conduct the PIRATA Northeast Extension cruise. A NOAA ship that traditionally sails in the Gulf of Mexico embarked on a 90+ day journey

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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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