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Caring for sea otters offers climate bonus

Michon Scott | February 6, 2015

Restoring a healthy balance between sea otters and their sea urchin prey comes with a modest but meaningful bonus: halting the overgrazing of kelp forests and increasing their ability to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Details on the February ENSO Discussion: On the edge?

Emily Becker | February 5, 2015

At the beginning of February, the atmosphere was looking a little bit like El Niño. Is this just another rolling stone?

Planning for the Future in a Floodplain

Emily Greenhalgh | February 4, 2015

After a nightmare flood in 1997, Fort Collins, Colorado, stepped up efforts to improve resilience in the face of extreme events--efforts that will also serve the community well if climate change leads to heavier rainstorms.

Climate change likely to worsen U. S. and global dead zones

Emily Greenhalgh | February 2, 2015

Already a threat to fish, mussels, and other marine creatures, low-oxygen “dead zones” are expected to increase in both size and number as greenhouse gas concentrations and global temperatures continue to rise.

For Malaysia and Thailand, monsoon plus MJO equals disaster

Tom Di Liberto | January 29, 2015

Devastating floods across Malaysia and Thailand in late December and mid-January bear the hallmarks of an enhanced MJO climate pattern superimposed on the seasonal monsoon.

Why are there so many ENSO indexes, instead of just one?

Anthony Barnston | January 29, 2015

ENSO blogger Tony Barnston explains why climate forecasters can't get by with just a single indicator for predicting El Niño and La Niña.

Where will this week's Northeast snowstorm fit into the historic record?

Rebecca Lindsey | January 27, 2015

A major winter storm was still blustering its way through the U.S. Northeast this morning, with continued snow accumulations and high winds predicted for many areas. How will this event compare to the region’s most historic storms?

Deep Argo: Diving for Answers in the Ocean's Abyss

Caitlyn Kennedy | January 23, 2015

Ocean scientists have designed a new aquatic robot that can go where they suspect some of the heat energy from global warming is hiding: in the abyss.

Devastating monsoon flooding from Sri Lanka to northwest Australia

Tom Di Liberto | January 23, 2015

During the second half of December and the beginning of January, places from Sri Lanka to northwest Australia experienced exceptionally heavy rains, flash floods, and landslides.

Oceanic Kelvin waves: The next polar vortex*

Michelle L'Heureux | January 22, 2015

The tropical Pacific Ocean sloshes around like water in your bathtub. These waves are as important as the vortex of water that spirals down the drain.

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