20 years ago, when meteorologist John Haynes first went to Washington, DC, there was so much pollution that he could stand on the roof of NASA headquarters and see airborne residues of the neighboring interstate highway. He claims that a cloud of smog extended all the way into Virginia and … [continued]
The following news release was issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It describes an opinion piece appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that outlines a framework for assessing and guiding research on “marine cloud brightening” — a proposed method to reflect sunlight … [continued]
Major milestone will propel America’s drive toward a clean energy future.
In many places, the heat waves of summer have begun, with record high temperatures making spring pass by in a flash. Around the corner are large storms, which clear out the air and sun but also more than that, often taking homes and life with them. What does the rapidly warming ocean waters mean in this calculus? Quite a lot.
Donald Trump’s new administration has begun to exert itself on the country’s federal agencies, with preliminary budget proposals including funding cuts to everything from the US coast guard to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Energy.
Researchers utilizing supercomputers are hoping to deliver more precise and accurate wind forecasts in regions with complex terrain in an effort to help utility operators make more accurate predictions of when wind energy will be available on the grid.
The latest State of the Climate report published this week has confirmed that 2015 was not only the warmest year on record, but also saw several other records broken — records that we didn’t really want to see broken, despite it being an Olympic year. Published this week by the American … [continued]
The largest increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels happened in 2015, when it jumped by 3.05 parts per million, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii reported the unprecedented spike in CO2 levels this week, … [continued]
A new report has concluded that the United States could cut greenhouse gas emissions from electricity production by 78% within 15 years. According to a new study conducted by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United States could cut electricity-produced greenhouse gas emissions by 78% below 1990 … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave. It isn’t official yet, but 2014 appears to have been the hottest year on the world temperature record. In December, during the U.N. climate talks in Lima, Peru (COP20), the World Meteorological Organization announced in a provisional statement that this conclusion about 2014 weather and climate … [continued]
