Threats posed by climate change to Micronesia include hotter days and nights, stronger typhoons, sea level rise, and fishery-disrupting ocean changes. Collaborations can bolster cultural resources and resilience.
Scientists must understand how nitrogen cycles through air, soil, and plants. A new study finds that plants will uptake nitrogen at different rates depending on environmental conditions, plant species, and the type of nitrogen oxide compound.
The chance that El Niño will continue through the winter is greater than 90%. Our blogger will get you on El Niño's dance card.
Coral Program Interns have been hard at work preparing for ‘Omics analyses that will help to better understand how the genetic structure of corals influences their resilience to environmental stressors.
The potential impacts of sea level rise are uncertain, and scientists don't always agree on the probability of particular sea-level events. A new study examines how to represent and communicate to decision makers.
A new study finds that Atlantic Niño, the Atlantic counterpart of the Pacific El Niño, increases the formation of tropical cyclones off the coast of West Africa. The study is the first to investigate the links between Atlantic Niño/Niña and seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity and the associated physical mechanisms.
Environmental observations indicate that summer burned areas in northern and central California have increased fivefold over 1996–2021 compared to 1971–1995. A new study finds that nearly all the observed increase over the past half-century is due to human-caused climate change.
A marine heatwave is a period of extreme ocean temperatures (90th percentile above normal temperatures). But scientists debate what constitutes “‘normal.” The baseline period used changes the definition.
An estimated 80 percent of Alaskans live in at-risk areas for wildfires, but those residents constitute a diverse public audience with varied information-seeking habits. New research examines how to reach that audience.
In the summer of 2021, wildfire haze from Arizona, California, and the Pacific Northwest shrouded the Denver region. Monsoon-driven summer thunderstorms that normally flush out stagnant air largely failed to materialize, allowing smog cooked under the summer sun in 90-degree heat to pool along the base of the foothills to the west.