a model to visually examine how these CO2 emissions impact carbon levels in the ocean, the atmosphere, the biosphere, and the soil. In the carbon stabilization wedge learning tool, users are able to v ...

the positive impacts of increased CO2 on plant growth and the negative impacts of a warmer atmosphere on growing seasons, water availability, drought, fire, and flooding. The regions where food is gro ...

by the vast Pacific Ocean is that there is a shortage of water. Yet an El Niño-dominated atmosphere has led to widespread drought across Pacific Island Nations, causing states of emergency to be decla ...

document (via text, maps, graphs, satellite images) the role that the Colorado River plays in water supply and hydropower to the Southwestern US and Northwestern Mexico. Current drought (since 2000) h ...

near-surface winds (the trade winds), as well as stronger west-to-east winds in the upper atmosphere. The stronger trade winds help to keep the surface cooler, and to keep warmer water piled up in the ...

opposite phases, "El Niño" and "La Niña," require certain changes in both the ocean and the atmosphere because ENSO is a coupled climate phenomenon. "Neutral" is in the middle of the continuum. 1. El ...

March twin cyclones were definitely due to El Niño, their appearance is consistent with an atmosphere under the influence of El Niño. References . Carl J. Schreck III and John Molinari, 2009: A C ...

Oscillation into its negative phase. The event shifted prevailing winds and surface currents in ways that allowed Sargassum, which is widespread in the western North Atlantic's Sargasso Sea, to spread ...

fall freeze-up, and even reducing the amount of carbon dioxide the ocean absorbs from the atmosphere. This map shows the trend in ocean temperatures for the Arctic in August—the peak of summer warmth— ...

amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen more than 45 percent since people began burning fossil fuels for energy. It hit a new high of 414.7 parts per million in 2021. ...