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 research in Geophysical Research Letters and partially funded by CPO’s AC4 program found that the Bakken Formation, an oil and gas field in North Dakota and Montana, is responsible for roughly 2 percent of the globe’s ethane–about 250,000 tons per year.
Bakken Oil Field emitting roughly 2% of Earth’s ethane, says new report Read More »
A joint-study conducted between NOAA and other partners reports that the Aliso Canyon natural gas leak in Los Angeles, California produced the largest methane leak in U.S. history.
NOAA and partners report the largest methane leak in U.S. history in a joint study 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 »
As another example of NOAA’s ongoing atmospheric measurements providing an early warning system to ensure sustainable development on global scales, a new study co-authored by Stephen Montzka of ESRL and supported by the CPO/AC4 program has found that atmospheric concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbon (dichloromethane) gas have increased by a factor of 2 since the late 1990s throughout the globe.
New research supported by CPO’s AC4 program was just published online in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
New research supported by the Climate Program Office’s Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, & Climate (AC4) program was published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science on Dec. 8, 2014.
A project supported by CPO’s Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, and Climate (AC4) program has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Global emissions of refrigerants HCFC-22 and HFC-134a: Unforeseen seasonal contributions Read More »
Chemicals released into the air by oil and gas exploration, extraction and related activities can spark reactions that lead to high levels of ozone in wintertime, high enough to exceed federal health standards, according to new NOAA-led research, published online Nature. CPO’s AC-4 program supported this research.
New study explains wintertime ozone pollution in Utah oil and gas fields Read More »
CarbonTracker, an effort partially funded by the Climate Program Office, has released its latest version – CT2013.
CarbonTracker 2013 released Read More »
During two days of intensive airborne measurements, oil and gas operations in Colorado’s Front Range leaked nearly three times as much methane, a greenhouse gas, as predicted based on inventory estimates, and seven times as much benzene, a regulated air toxic.
Airborne measurements confirm leaks from oil and gas operations Read More »