News & Features

Wind speed influences sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropical North Atlantic

August 31, 2016

A CPO-funded study found that wind speed variability associated with the Atlantic Meridional Mode contributes to anomalies in sea surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial Atlantic and the ... ...

Major Hurricanes Madeline and Lester poised to give Hawaii a close call

Tom Di Liberto | August 30, 2016

The central/eastern North Pacific hurricane season continues to roll on unabated, with two major hurricanes lined up to pass dangerously close to Hawaii.

New study on anthropogenic methane emissions in the US

August 25, 2016

The National Academies recently began a new study, largely sponsored by CPO's Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, and Climate (AC4) program , to improve tracking of human-caused methane emissions ... ...

Going out for ice cream: a first date with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Tom Di Liberto | August 25, 2016

Understanding the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) as multiple layers of ice cream. And how is it related to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation?

NOAA-NASA study quantifies methane leakages in Four Corners area

August 22, 2016

A study partly funded by the CPO's Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, and Climate (AC4) program was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . The paper details ... ...

Siberian weather, climate, and Matryoshka dolls

Deke Arndt | August 22, 2016

July 2016 was the warmest month of the modern record. Yet, despite that, and maybe a little because of it, some interesting and very different things happened in and near Siberia, just a thousand miles from each other.