NOAA’s National Hurricane Center has a new model to help produce hurricane forecasts this season. The Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) was put into operations on June 27 and will run alongside existing models for the 2023 season before replacing them as NOAA’s premier hurricane forecasting model.
A marine heatwave has spread across the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean with temperatures ranging between one and three degrees Celsius (~2-4.5˚F) above average. Ocean temperatures around south Florida are the warmest on record for the month of July (dating back to 1981).
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.