News & Research Highlights

Near-fire smoke is associated with lesser production of ozone, but aged wildfire smoke can increase levels of ozone in locations thousands of kilometers from the wildfire.

NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter journeyed away from Pascagoula, Mississippi for 90+ days and 12,700+ nautical miles to support of a key tropical Atlantic observing system.

Researchers from the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program have published a case study of how Oklahoma military installations prepare for extreme weather.

A new study finds improvements in how models simulate surface wind responses to sea surface temperature changes are key to enhancing prediction skill.

New projects will improve understanding of atmospheric methane budgets to inform successful policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, address major sources of uncertainty in methane measurements and modeling, and reduce community-level methane emissions.

The Climate Smart Communities Initiative (CSCI) has announced its first round of awards, with more than $1 million, including funding and technical support to help communities accelerate climate resilience efforts.

Nitrogen fertilizer usage has helped feed nearly half the global population. But nitrogen emissions to the atmosphere have contributed to acid rain, air pollution, stratospheric ozone depletion, and the radiative forcing underlying climate change.

A 12-year collaboration between NOAA and the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences paves the way for advances in severe weather modeling and may lead to improved tropical cyclone forecasts.

One process driving the North Pacific's trajectory into uncharted waters is rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Those rising concentrations are driving more heat into the ocean's surface layer.

Clouds produced by some wildfires can send black carbon high into the atmosphere, where it can linger for months. Black carbon particles with thicker coatings of other materials absorb more light, potentially doubling their warming effect.