thaws, increasing microbial action and the release of more carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere. Comment from expert scientist: Overall, the information contained in this activity is accurate ...

Pacific Ocean. Sea surface temperatures remained warmer than average, but the tropical atmosphere shifted away from its El Niño-ish appearance during February. The lack of coupling between the ocean a ...

and wildlife populations. Evidence is emerging that over the long-term, amplified warming in the Arctic is driving the rate of spring snow cover loss and other responses in the Arctic ecosystem. The r ...

hand, Gentoo penguins- an invasive species from warmer regions - can more readily handle changes in seasonal sea ice. The first Gentoo breeding pairs were observed in this region in 1994, and their po ...

soil moisture, sea ice, and other global boundary forcings. (3) In fact, because a warmer atmosphere carries more moisture, there is published evidence that extreme snowfall events can intensify as a ...

of water comes from the Biscayne Aquifer (figure below), one of the most productive aquifers in the world. It provides nearly 1 billion gallons a day on average. The Biscayne Aquifer is an unconfined ...

of 2013, the maximum area of melting on the Greenland ice sheet was 44 percent—the 14th highest in the 33-year record (1981-2013) and nowhere near the "extreme" 97 percent in 2012 (right). Both of the ...

levels, with a focus on beginner. The report is divided into six main sections: Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region, Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Climate Information in the Local Planning P ...

pattern—reasserted itself in the tropical Pacific this past month with some of the strongest atmosphere-ocean coupling of our double-dip La Niñas so far (winters of 2020-21 and 2021-22). La Niña is no ...

a reliable source of scientific information on the abundance of heat-trapping gases in our atmosphere is more important than ever. This is exactly what the Annual Greenhouse Gas Index provides—a conne ...