Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
COD-funded researchers attempt to answer the question “Has global warming slowed the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by the Southern Ocean?” in a new study in Science.
The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink Read More »
A new study published in Nature Climate Change on Sept. 21, 2015, and supported by NOAA’s Climate Program Office employs a unique approach to assess flood risk by combining consideration of oceanographic sea level rise (SLR) and tropical cyclone intensity, frequency and duration into a flood index.
A cross CPO-funded study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences presents evidence of a dramatic increase in the frequency of large flooding events in New York City due to sea level rise and the size and intensity of tropical storms.
Study Finds New York City at Increased Threat of Tropical Cyclones and Coastal Flooding Read More »
Work supported by CPO’s AC4 program found that the effects of melting permafrost in the Arctic could cost $43 trillion in extra economic damage by the end of the next century, on top of the more than the $300 trillion economic damage already predicted.
Emissions from thawing permafrost add trillions in economic impacts Read More »
In this COD-funded study published in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers present a 13 year (2002–2015) semimonthly time series of the partial pressure of CO2 in surface water (pCO2surf) and other carbonate system parameters from the Drake Passage.
Recent evidence for a strengthening CO2 sink in the Southern Ocean Read More »
New CVP-funded research published in the Journal of Climate by Green and Schmittner simulates the consequences of a rapid collapse of the Pine Island Glacier (PIG) under pre-industrial and anthropogenically-forced conditions.
The climatic consequences of a Pine Island Glacier collapse Read More »
Research supported by NOAA CPO’s Climate Variability and Predictability (CVP) program and the Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections (MAPP) program has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Climate.
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Sea Level Pressure Anomalies in the Western Pacific Read More »
Work supported by the Climate Program Office’s Climate Observation Division (authors: C. Seethala, et al. from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) has been published online for early release in the Journal of Climate.
How has subtropical stratocumulus and associated meteorology changed since the 1980s? Read More »
A paper supported by both CPO’s MAPP and ESS programs focuses on advances and challenges in understanding and projecting regional climate change. The paper will appear on the cover of the October issue of Nature Climate Change, but was published early online on Sept. 7, 2015.
Towards predictive understanding of regional climate change Read More »
Research by Omid Mazdiyasni and Amir AghaKouchak (University of California, Irvine) titled, “Substantial increase in concurrent droughts and heatwaves in the United States” was recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
How has the concurrence of drought and heatwaves in the U.S. changed over time? Read More »