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State of the Climate in 2012: Highlights
Rotator Image: From record-low Arctic sea ice to the highest global sea level of the modern record, the 2012 State of the Climate report provides a complete rundown on the state of Earth's climate and...
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2013 Arctic Report Card: Atmospheric Soot Decreasing Over High Arctic
Black carbon, also known as soot, emitted from combustion of fuels and biomass burning, ‘darkens’ the Arctic’s snow and ice, adding to the ongoing surface warming due to greenhouse gas emissions. Since...
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2013 Arctic Report Card: Visual Highlights
Rotator Image: From reindeer to regional temperature patterns, from sea ice age to Greenland surface melt, the Arctic Report Card is a yearly assessment of the Arctic's physical and biological systems...
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Climate at the core: how scientists study ice cores to reveal Earth’s climate...
Like a prehistoric fly trapped in amber during dinosaurs' days, airborne relics of Earth's earlier climate—including dust, air bubbles, sea salts, volcanic ash, and soot from forest fires—can end up...
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2013 State of the Climate: Humidity
Rotator Image: 2013 continued a trend of water vapor in the surface atmosphere increasing over land and ocean relative to the 1970s, while the atmosphere over land becomes less saturated. Category:...
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4 ways the ozone hole is linked to climate, and 1 way it isn’t
Rotator Image: The ozone hole didn't cause global warming, but climate and the ozone hole are related in other ways. Category: How the Climate System WorksClimate Change & Global WarmingNatural...
View ArticleMount Agung erupts in Indonesia: Is it a climate event?
Mount Agung in Indonesia erupted for the first time since 1963 causing widespread evacuations on the island of Bali. But is it a climate event? How the Climate System WorksNatural Climate...
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Climate.gov tweet chat: Talk with experts about ongoing NASA/NOAA field...
Rotator Image: If you missed our August 29 tweet chat, here's the transcript. Read what the fire and smoke experts had to say about the FIREX-AQ field campaign and its mission to study what's in the...
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Five questions about 2019's record-small ozone hole
Rotator Image: The seasonal Antarctic ozone hole was the smallest on record in 2019, thanks to a warmer-than-average September. Category: Natural Climate PatternsExtreme EventsHighlights: A sudden...
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NOAA weather balloons find no zero-ozone regions above South Pole during 2019...
In mid-October 2019, NOAA and NASA scientists reported that the yearly ozone hole over Antarctica was the smallest on record since 1986. The small size was the result of an extreme weather event that...
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A conversation with Emily Fischer: atmospheric chemist, educator, advocate...
Rotator Image: Climate.gov talks with Emily Fischer—an early-career atmospheric scientist and educator who has already made significant contributions to Earth science and fostering greater inclusion of...
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Large, deep Antarctic ozone hole persisting into November 2020
Rotator Image: A strong polar vortex supported the formation of a large and deep Antarctic ozone hole in September 2020 that should persist into November, NOAA and NASA scientists reported...
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