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
New insight into daily warming patterns in the tropical Pacific illuminates the stabilizing and destabilizing drivers for the ocean and atmosphere, which will be essential to improving climate models and projections.
Filling a Data Gap in the Tropical Pacific to Reveal Daily Air-Sea Interactions Read More »
In December 2023, CPO staff, research team members, interns, and a Knauss Fellow presented at the American Geophysical Union’s Fall 2023 Meeting.
CPO research presented at AGU 2023 Read More »
A new study supported by AC4 uses FIREX-AQ and WE-CAN field campaign observations to demonstrate pollution processes that were missing in atmospheric models.
Finding Missing Sources of Abundant Atmospheric Pollutants Formic and Acetic Acid Read More »
Environmental ecologist Lucy Hutyra of Boston University received an $800,000 “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation to continue work funded by AC4.
AC4-Supported Researcher Awarded Prestigious MacArthur Fellowship Read More »
A new study supported by CVP finds that tropical Atlantic climate trends are largely driven by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities as well as aerosols from volcanic activity since 1950, rather than internal tropical systems.
CVP-Funded Scientists Find New Driver for Tropical Atlantic Climate Read More »
Wildfire model shows that accounting for firefighting efforts is the most effective way to improve real-time fire forecasting, when AC4-funded researchers compare with observations collected during the FIREX-AQ field campaign.
Firefighting Efforts is the Key to Improving Wildfire Forecasting Read More »
Flash droughts have been extensively studied in various regions, but tropical environments, especially the Caribbean, have been overlooked. This is significant because these areas typically experience frequent, almost daily rainfall, making them highly susceptible to sudden and severe drying.
Driven by the increasing demand for climate information on a longer timescale, CVP has supported modeling studies on the topic of Decadal Climate Variability and Predictability. The majority of these studies have already yielded results, and in the spring of 2023, CVP hosted a webinar series to highlight their latest findings.
New Research Yields Improvements in Climate Variability Decadal Prediction Systems Read More »
A research team supported by AC4 investigates poorly understood pollution impacts from common household products and determines that the amount of carbon in each chemical is a determining factor of how much air pollution it can produce.
Improving Our Understanding of Urban Pollution from Common Household Products Read More »
CVP-funded study describes newly discovered details on the causes of steady sea level rise on the U.S. east coast over recent decades.