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Scientists uncover future drought patterns and their impacts on global water resources
New research suggests that about one-third of the world’s land could see more frequent multi-year...
NOAA’s GOES-U launches to orbit
GOES-U is the latest addition to NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system, enhancing weather...
Major progress in structural fire emissions research
To understand how structural fires at the wildland urban interface contribute to air pollution, recent...
Climate Resilience Toolkit team contributed to federal agencies’ Climate Adaptation Plan updates
NOAA’s Climate Resilience Toolkit group recently worked with members of the White House Council on...
NIHHIS to release two new heat governance planning documents
The National Integrated Heat Health Information System will soon publish two new documents to help...
Collapsed upwelling projected to weaken ENSO under sustained warming beyond the twenty-first century
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02061-8 How the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)...
Climate-driven deoxygenation of northern lakes
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02058-3 The changing climate threatens water quality...
Ocean dynamics contribute to the amplifying Atlantic–Pacific salinity contrast
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02036-9 Observational data suggest a dramatic increase...
Limits on modelling the thermal sensitivity of Wolbachia
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02062-7 Limits on modelling the thermal sensitivity...
North Atlantic–Pacific salinity contrast enhanced by wind and ocean warming
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02033-y Ocean salinity changes are thought to...
Contrasting fast and slow intertropical convergence zone migrations linked to delayed Southern Ocean warming
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02034-x How the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ)...