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U. S. climate summary for January 2022

Rebecca Lindsey | February 9, 2022

The month brought a warm West and a cold East. Amid widespread dryness, wetter-than-average conditions occurred in Colorado, the Ohio Valley, and the Mid-Atlantic.

February 2022 U. S. Climate Outlook: La Niña influence still present

Tom Di Liberto | February 1, 2022

The February 2022 climate outlook favors warmer-than-average temperatures across the southern and eastern U.S., with cooler and wetter conditions favored across the north. Out West, a drier-than-average month is forecast.

Summertime atmospheric processes play a role in Arctic Ocean warming

January 28, 2022

Although Arctic temperature trends have been attributed largely to greenhouse gas emissions, natural variability also plays a role. New research gives scientists a better understanding of the internal variability in the Arctic system.

Eruption provides rare opportunity to study volcanic gas and ash injected into the stratosphere

January 28, 2022

Besides producing a tsunami, the Tonga eruption on January 15, 2022 gave scientists a real-world experiment, sending sulfur dioxide into Earth’s stratosphere. Now scientists have a chance to see what happens next, and to improve atmospheric models.

What is the jet stream?

Tim Woollings | January 27, 2022

A high-level explainer of the jet stream. (Ha ha..."high-level"...get it?)

2021 U. S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in historical context

Adam B. Smith | January 24, 2022

Second-highest in number and third-highest in costs, 2021 was another extreme year for weather and climate disasters in the United States.

NIDIS and partners launch ACF Basin drought and water dashboard and storymap

January 22, 2022

Balancing the water needs between Alabama, Florida, and Georgia is often complex. To support the needs of stakeholders in the region, NOAA has released the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint (ACF) River Basin drought and water dashboard.

Do tropical storms impact drought in the United States?

January 22, 2022

Although research has been done on the impact of tropical cyclones on drought, the contribution of weaker tropical storms hasn't been studied as closely. A new study asks whether tropical storms can alleviate drought conditions.

New publication: Will the COVID-19 lockdown slow the trend of increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration?

January 22, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic gave scientists an accidental experiment opportunity to monitor and understand the atmospheric response to emission reductions. An international research team combined observations and modeling to assess possible changes.

Scientists recommend a system of checkpoints to help guide climate engineering research

January 22, 2022

Scientists led by NOAA published an opinion piece in PNAS on geoengineering through marine cloud brightening (MCB). The piece proposes decarbonizing first, but beginning research on MCB, following six checkpoints.

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