holes will occur in the future. Rising greenhouse gas concentrations are warming the lower atmosphere, but they are cooling the stratosphere. The cooling trend raises the possibility of more frequent ...

temperatures over the same 20-month period were near-record high. High temperatures make the atmosphere thirsty for moisture, which it draws vigorously out of the region's soil, rivers, lakes—even the ...

The heavy mid-October rains were triggered by an upper-level low that helped destabilize the atmosphere enough for warm, moist air near the surface to rapidly rise, causing the thunderstorms. The odd ...

temperature is just barely cold enough for snow. Reductions in snow can then feed back on the atmosphere, amplifying warming. Where winter temperatures are well below freezing, however, temperatures w ...

holes will occur in the future. Rising greenhouse gas concentrations are warming the lower atmosphere, but they are cooling the stratosphere. The cooling trend raises the possibility of more frequent ...

and the need for electricity that is safe, clean, affordable, and reliable will only grow in the decades to come. At the request of Congress and the Department of Energy, a committee of experts conven ...

Niña conditions mean the wind circulation in the tropical Pacific (east-to-west in the lower atmosphere, and west-to-east in the upper atmosphere) is stronger than average, an effect we also saw durin ...

driver of global warming—carbon dioxide—on potato production. Carried out in soil-plant- atmosphere research chambers, the study indicated that elevated carbon dioxide levels could actually increase tu ...

about the outlooks and their basis, as well as discuss the current state of drought, changes in drought observed during September, and the drought outlook for October. Finally, remember that the color ...

volcano in the South Pacific erupted multiple times. The injection of water into the atmosphere was unprecedented in both magnitude—far exceeding any previous values in the 17-year satellite record—an ...