The senator from Alaska says the impact of climate change in her state “is real, it is happening, it is now, and almost none of these changes are for the better for us.”Read More »
The Arctic Report Card, released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, outlines vast changes taking place in the Arctic region. Here are some major findings.Read More »Climate Change
The UN-endorsed decade from 2021 to 2030 promises to advance ocean science and sustainable use of the oceans and reverse the decline in the health of the oceans.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
In a statement issued at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018, House Science Committee ranking member Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson says that “it is time to stand up for science.”Read More »
Blue whale calls have been mysteriously dropping pitch for decades. A new study describes the same trend in fin whales and suggests the global pitch drop may be a side effect of singing less loudly.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
New research shows that there are more extremely hot days during the summer and more days that are considered extremely hot for the time of year, like abnormally warm days in the winter.Read More »Ocean Sciences
With refreezing in the western Arctic Ocean shifting later into the autumn, field research on changing air-ocean-ice interactions suggests that the Arctic is shifting to a more seasonal system.Read More »Climate Change
A new U.S. government report finds that climate change is already increasing risks to health, the economy, and ecosystems across the United States. These risks are expected to grow in the coming decades.Read More »
Since the 1970s, the stratosphere has cooled as ozone levels dropped and carbon dioxide levels increased. Chemical models of the temperature decline conflicted with satellite observations—until now.Read More »
