Cold, dense water from the Southern Ocean transfers heat and carbon to the Northern Hemisphere via the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. But a new study finds that the northward transport of cold water at 16°N weakened by about 12 percent during 2000-2020.

The U. S. Global Change Research Program released the Fifth National Climate Assessment Report in 2023. Public webinars focusing on various chapters of the report were held through March of 2024. A se ...

Summary: Existing social systems perpetuate the inequitable impacts of climate change. Communities can promote equity and climate justice by shifting power to the community members who are impacted by the problems and solutions at hand.

The Toolkit Turns 10! * Home. What's new? Since 2014, the U. S. Climate Resilience Toolkit has been helping communities understand and document their climate-related risk and take action to build resi ...

The Adaptation Sciences research program funded a project to assess vulnerability to sea level rise and implement feasible strategies to cope.

The use of sulfuryl fluoride as a pesticide has raised concerns due to its potent greenhouse gas properties. A new study reveals California as the largest emitter, particularly in coastal regions such as Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties.

Options Database. * Home . The Options Database lets you explore resilience-building solutions that other communities have considered. It lists more than 1000 options tied to specif ...

La Niña is likely for this summer and fall. Our blogger gives you the scoop on the forecast and what La Niña could mean for global weather and climate.

Tropical deep convection is one of the leading sources of uncertainty in future projections of the Earth’s temperature. There are uncertainties in the radiative response of convective clouds, which can have negative or positive radiative effects.

Levels of the three most important human-caused greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide – continued their steady climb during 2023, according to NOAA scientists.