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Shrinking sea ice: Modeling the Arctic's future
This visualization shows how September sea ice in the Arctic could disappear by the end of this century.
- Climate
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A cool setting for hurricane births
Research may shed light on why some clusters of thunderstorms spin up into tropical storms while others dissipate.
- Weather
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Watch 2015 and 1997 El Niños build, side by side
The El Niño brewing in the tropical Pacific is on track to become one of the strongest such events in recorded history and may even warm its way past the historic 1997-98 El Niño.
- Climate,
- Data
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UCAR trustee Busalacchi to co-chair decadal survey for Earth observations
An oceanographer and climate expert, Busalacchi will provide guidance for bolstering Earth observations with a new generation of U.S. satellites.
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NCAR "STEPs" up rain, flood research
Scientists are running several computer models simultaneously to provide more accurate short-term forecasts of heavy rainfall, flash floods.
- Data,
- Weather