Climate Science

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite used infrared light to identify strongest storms and coldest cloud top temperatures in Typhoon Kujira as it tracked through the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Infrared Data Reveals Most…

China's efforts to combat aerosol pollution resulted in warming throughout the northern latitudesCredit: Yixuan Zheng, Ken Caldeira, Dan Tong,Steven Davis, and Qiang Zhang. Washington, DC-- A 10-year effort by China to improve air…

China's success in improving air quality by cutting polluting emissions may have a negative knock-on effect on climate change overall, a new study has found. The research, by scientists from Carnegie Institution for Science, USA,…

No climate benefit from hydrogen unless EU stops subsidies for fossil fuels "Hydrogen can help reduce our dependency on fossil fuels," says William Gillett, EASAC's Energy Programme Director. "But the climate benefits will be limited, if…

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm Kujira using infrared light to determine the strength of the storm. Infrared imagery revealed that the strongest storms were around Kujira's center and in a…

Climate change at the heart of more frequent and intense dry and hot extremes in recent decades Simultaneous heatwaves and droughts are becoming increasingly common in western parts of the Unites States, according to a new study led by…

A new study found the spread of ghost forests across a coastal region of North Carolina may have implications for global warming. Ghost forests are areas where rising seas have killed off freshwater-dependent trees, leaving dead or dying…

Accounting for the unique and long-term impacts of climate change Clean air, clean water and a functioning ecosystem are considered priceless. Yet the economic value of nature remains elusive in cost-benefit analysis of climate policy…

New study deploys advanced tools to retrace 1,000 years of African pastoralist cattle breeding, identifying traits to help cattle survive blistering heat, drought and advancing diseases (Nairobi, Kenya, September 28, 2020)--Scientists…

Credit: NOAA As the globe warms, the atmosphere is becoming more unstable, but the oceans are becoming more stable, according to an international team of climate scientists, who say that the increase in stability is greater than…

Credit: University of Cambridge Researchers have shown that over the past two thousand years, volcanoes have played a larger role in natural temperature variability than previously thought, and their climatic effects may have…

MADISON, Wis. -- Nearly 30 years after recording a temperature of minus 93.2 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 69.6 Celsius) in Greenland, the measurement has been verified by the World Meteorological Organization as the coldest recorded…

Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of Post-Tropical Cyclone Beta as it continued moving slowly through the Tennessee…

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared view of Tropical Storm Lowell that revealed the effects of outside winds battering the storm. Wind shear occurs when winds at different levels of the atmosphere…

Study delivers new knowledge on thunderstorms and heavy rain Thunderstorms are weather disturbances characterized by concentrations of thunder, lightning and fierce winds. When they accumulate in clusters, these storms are often…

Credit: Dr Alexander Kirdyanov The largest-ever study of tree rings from Norilsk in the Russian Arctic has shown that the direct and indirect effects of industrial pollution in the region and beyond are far worse than previously…

New scientific publications reviewed since January 2020 strengthen the evidence that climate change increases the frequency and/or severity of fire weather in many regions of the world. Published today at ScienceBrief.org, the updated…

Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Aqua satellite caught a visible image of Dolphin after it passed east central Japan on Sept. 24, where it became an…

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided an infrared image of Post-tropical cyclone Teddy over the province of Newfoundland, Canada in the early…

Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL Using a NASA satellite rainfall product that incorporates data from satellites and observations, NASA estimated Post-tropical Cyclone Beta's rainfall rates as it moved over Mississippi, Alabama and…