Category: Climate

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Using Our Oceans to Mitigate Climate Change

8/3/2023 - By ecomagazine.com. The ocean isn’t just impacted by climate change—it may also be part of the solution to reversing it. Direct ocean carbon capture (DOC) is an emerging form of negative emissions technology that has advantages over its on-land counterpart, direct air capture, because of its ability to avoid land… SEE MORE

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Phytoplankton blooms in the Barents Sea, shown in natural color from NASA's Aqua satellite on July 10, 2014. The solid white area in the top right corner is cloud cover. Credit: NASA's Earth Observatory.

New Study Shows Effect of Climate Change on Ocean Color

7/31/2023 - By ecomagazine.com. Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have discovered changes in the color of more than half (56%) of the ocean as a result of changes in the plankton communities. The new paper titled “Global climate change trends detected in indicators of ocean ecology” explains that plankton communities… SEE MORE

Heat Wave Forecast for September 2023 by NOAA.

Ocean Warming since 1991 Doubles the Size of the Marine Heat Wave Forecasted for September 2023

7/30/2023 - By climate.gov. Earlier this week, NOAA launched a new website for monitoring and forecasting the size and intensity of ocean heat waves up to a year in advance. According to the experimental forecast issued in June, 50 percent of the global oceans could experience heat wave conditions by September 2023.… SEE MORE

The Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) “moving nest" Model. Global map showcasing land mass in green and water in black, clouds in white and tropical storms outlined in a green boxes representing the moving nest model. (Image credit: NOAA)

Earth just had its Hottest June on Record

7/29/2023 - By noaa.gov. NOAA’s National Hurricane Center — a division of the National Weather Service — has a new model to help produce hurricane forecasts this season. The Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) was put into operations on June 27 and will run alongside existing models for the 2023 season before replacing them as NOAA’s premier… SEE MORE

NOAA declares the arrival of El Nino

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6/16/2023 - By weather.gov Expected to be moderate-to-strong by late fall/early winter The expected El Nino has emerged, according to scientists at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service. In the monthly outlook released today, forecasters issued an El Nino Advisory, noting that El Nino conditions are present and are expected… SEE MORE

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Large Geomagnetic Storm Hits Earth

6/13/2023 - By fisheries.noaa.gov On April 21, 2023, a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the sun, spewing out a burst of plasma that raced toward Earth at nearly two million miles per hour and generated a severe geomagnetic storm (level 4 out of 5 on NOAA’s space weather G- scale) at 3:26… SEE MORE

Quinault Village -- NOAA. Photo by Larry Workman, Quinault Indian Nation

New Federal Grants Available for Coastal Resilience and Adaptation

6/12/2023 - By NOAA NOAA releases plans to build climate resilience and support coastal communities with Inflation Reduction Act funds. Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce unveiled a $2.6 billion framework to invest in coastal resilience through President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). As part of the President’s Investing in America Agenda… SEE MORE

Ncar’s Next-gen Airborne Radar will have Unmatched Ability to Peer Deep Inside Storms

6/8/2023 - By news.ucar.edu. A next-generation airborne radar designed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) that could revolutionize our ability to observe, understand, and ultimately predict high-impact weather events has received $91.8 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Airborne Phased Array Radar (APAR) will improve on… SEE MORE

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Animation of sea surface temperatures for past 6 months by weather.gov

NOAA Declares the Arrival of El Nino

6/7/2023 - By John Moore. The expected El Nino has emerged, according to scientists at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service. In the monthly outlook released today, forecasters issued an El Nino Advisory, noting that El Nino conditions are present and are expected to gradually strengthen into the winter. El… SEE MORE

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Ocean Acidification Warming will Slow Sea Scallop Growth

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6/2/2023 - By nationalfisherman.com. A new study published in the journal PLOS Climate indicates that ocean acidification conditions projected between now and 2100 depress the growth of juvenile Atlantic sea scallops. Ocean acidification is caused by the ocean absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, resulting in chemical changes that increase acidity. Ocean warming may further hinder growth. Atlantic… SEE MORE

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