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GEOS-5 Computer Model Provides High-Resolution Look at Key Greenhouse Gas

GEOS-5 has given researchers a stunning new look at how CO2 in the atmosphere travels around the globe. Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center / K. Sharghi.
Nov 19, 2014 by News Staff

A new computer model called GEOS-5 has provided a high-resolution look at how carbon dioxide (CO2) – the key driver of global warming – moves around the globe and fluctuates in volume throughout the year. GEOS-5 has given researchers a stunning new look at how CO2 in the atmosphere travels around the globe. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / K. Sharghi. This particular simulation is called Nature Run. It is the product...

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A ‘black blizzard’ dust storm in South Dakota, 1934. Image credit: National Archives FDR Library Public Domain Photographs.

1934 Drought was Driest, Most Widespread in Past Millennium, Scientists Find

Oct 17, 2014 by News Staff

Using a reconstruction of North American drought history over the past millennium, a team of researchers from NASA and the Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty...

This map shows global temperature anomalies for January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2009. Image credit: Robert Simmon, NASA / Adam Voiland.

Arctic Amplification Linked to Fewer Extreme Winters in Northern Hemisphere

Jun 16, 2014 by News Staff

A new study reported in the journal Nature Climate Change questions fears that Europe and North America will experience more days of cold weather over...

Scientists Discover Four New Ozone-Depleting Gases

Mar 10, 2014 by News Staff

European and Australian researchers have identified three new ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons, dubbed CFC-112, CFC-112a, CFC-113a, and one new ozone-depleting...

Barrow, Alaska. Image credit: Bob Johnston / CC BY 2.0.

Scientists Find High Levels of Atmospheric Molecular Chlorine in Alaska

Jan 14, 2014 by News Staff

A large multinational team of researchers has documented very high levels of molecular chlorine – as high as 400 parts per trillion – in the...

Researchers say perfluorotributylamine may live for at least 500 years before being destroyed in the upper atmosphere. Image credit: Duke University, Durham.

Perfluorotributylamine: New Greenhouse Gas Identified

Dec 10, 2013 by News Staff

Perfluorotributylamine – a chemical used in the electrical industry – has the potential to contribute significantly to global warming, according...

El Niño, warmer than average waters in the Eastern equatorial Pacific - shown in orange on the map, affects weather around the world. Image credit: NOAA Visualization Lab.

Climate Scientists Identify Cause of Super El Niño Events

Nov 19, 2013 by News Staff

A multinational team of researchers has cracked the mystery behind the unusually strong El Niño events that occurred in 1982-1983 and 1997-1998. El Niño,...

Central Baffin Island. Image credit: Gifford Miller / University of Colorado Boulder.

Arctic: Past Century May Be Warmest in Last 120,000 Years

Oct 24, 2013 by News Staff

Radiocarbon dating of ancient moss clumps on Baffin Island in the Eastern Canadian Arctic suggests that local summer temperatures during the past 100 years...

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