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Destruction of Ozone Over the Arctic Causes Abnormal Weather Throughout the Northern Hemisphere

Many people are familiar with the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, but what is less well known is that occasionally, the protective ozone in the stratosphere over the Arctic is destroyed as well, thinning the ozone layer there. This last happened in the spring months of 2020, and before that, in the spring of 2011.

8 Jul 2022

$14 Million DOE Funding for 22 Projects Aimed at Improving Climate Change Predictions

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $14 million in funding for 22 projects aimed at improving climate change predictions. As extreme weather events and impacts of climate change continue to escalate, the research projects will advance fundamental scientific understanding of atmospheric processes, ranging from cloud formation to Arctic weather.

8 Jul 2022

Floods and Climate Change Incentive for Farms to Diversity Outside Agriculture

The agricultural sector will increasingly need to adopt new technologies and entrepreneurial flair to provide secondary income, along with more flexible land use to combat weather extremes such as floods and drought, according to new research.

8 Jul 2022

Analyzing Atmospheric Ridges and Their Response to Global Warming

Last year’s record-breaking heatwave, the latest droughts, and the 2020 Labor Day megafires that spread across Oregon and Washington all have one thing in common: atmospheric ridges, or extended regions of high pressure relative to their surrounding environments that are generally associated with hot and temperate surface conditions.

7 Jul 2022

Green Energy Transition: Upcycling EV Batteries into Graphene Oxide

A recent breakthrough in how to recycle EV batteries by tech companies Graphmatech and Graphenea and battery supplier Northvolt offers a way towards the green energy transition.

7 Jul 2022

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano Eruption Unlocks Keys to Better Predict Weather and Climate

As it captivated people around the world, the January eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano gave scientists a once-in-a-lifetime chance to study how the atmosphere works, unlocking keys to better predict the weather and changing climate.

7 Jul 2022

The Arctic is Heating Up Four Times Faster than Global Warming Rate, Analysis Shows

A new analysis of observed temperatures shows the Arctic is heating up more than four times faster than the rate of global warming. The trend has stepped upward steeply twice in the last 50 years, a finding missed by all but four of 39 climate models.

7 Jul 2022