season. This exceptional warmth, especially across the main development region (the area in the tropical Atlantic where most tropical cyclones form), contributed to the earliest Category 5 hurricane o ...

of the event during December and January. The area of above-average upward motion in the atmosphere (which helps to increase rains) shifted east with time. This enhanced area propagated across portion ...

continue to erode the remaining cooler surface waters over the next few months. The tropical atmosphere is also looking mostly neutral. Rainfall over Indonesia was below average, and the near-surface ...

options for responding to specific risks, and build the capacity of stakeholder groups to engage in adaptation planning. Expanding engagement. Based on their initial success, the partnership expanded ...

findings into conservation efforts, providing users with a way to visualize potential changes in tidal marshes and bird populations for various sea level rise and sediment supply scenarios. It also he ...

March 2016. The Arctic is changing at a startling pace. Understanding the role of freshwater in these changes—both how Arctic freshwater systems are affected by climate change, and how changes to the ...

the lowest layer of the atmosphere—are likely to shrink. Misra's research indicates that the atmosphere will warm considerably, which will make it less conducive for the afternoon thundershowers the T ...

is designated ENSO-neutral. (ENSO = El Niño/Southern Oscillation—the whole El Niño/La Niña atmosphere-ocean system). In August, the Niño3.4 index in the east-central tropical Pacific was very close to ...

his meteorology degrees at the University of Oklahoma. His research background is in "land- atmosphere interaction," a fancy way of describing how changing the land surface (by moistening, drying, roug ...

million metric tons of carbon each year. This report describes the role of forests and grasslands in the carbon cycle and outlines considerations for managing for carbon as one of many environmental b ...