A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics suggests that new understandings of secondary organic aerosol may require a rethinking of atmospheric chemistry-climate models.
Climate dynamics
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Climate and Ocean Science Builds for the Future
Second WCRP/CLIVAR Open Science Conference: Charting the Course for Climate and Ocean Research; Qingdao, China, 18–25 September 2016
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How Variations in Earth’s Orbit Triggered the Ice Ages
Researchers pinpoint how Milankovitch cycles have driven ice growth and influenced the timing of glacial periods.
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Climate Change’s Pulse Is in Central America and the Caribbean
Nations that border the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea are ideally placed for tracking the effects of global climate change and testing innovative ways to adapt to future changes.
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Could Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Make Hadley Cells Expand?
Convection-driven Hadley cells are expanding poleward. Scientists now may have uncovered part of the reason why.
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Defining the Onset and End of the Indian Summer Monsoon
A new, objective definition of the onset of the summer monsoon could improve predictions of rainfall in India.
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Climate Scientists as Activists
The pursuit of global political solutions to climate change is not for the faint of heart—but it is a matter of civic responsibility.
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Nations’ Pledges to Reduce Emissions and the 2°C Objective
Preparatory workshop for the 21st Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Paris, France, 3 November 2015
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Predicting Intraseasonal to Seasonal Climate Variation
Tropical Precipitation System Workshop 2015; Yokohama, Japan, 3–4 September 2015
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A Big Climate Driver in a Small Ocean Basin
Scientists review Atlantic Ocean circulation variability and its applications for predicting decadal climate variation.