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Warmer temperatures cause decline in key runoff measure
Since the mid-1980s, the percentage of precipitation that becomes streamflow in the Upper Rio Grande watershed has fallen more steeply than at any point in at least 445 years.
- Climate,
- Weather
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Building roads to match tomorrow's weather
When engineers design roads, bridges, and other types of transportation infrastructure, they need to account for changing weather patterns.
- Climate
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Scientists link recent California droughts and floods to distinctive atmospheric waves
The crippling wintertime droughts that struck California from 2013 to 2015, as well as this year's unusually wet California winter, appear to be associated with the same phenomenon: a distinctive wave pattern that emerges in the upper atmosphere and circles the globe.
- Climate,
- Weather
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New estimate of ocean heat finds more warming
The oceans may be storing 13 percent more heat than previously estimated, according to a new study co-authored by scientists at NCAR.
- Climate
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UCAR staff add climate storybook to Elementary GLOBE's line-up
School children go to Greenland and the Maldives to study climate in the latest addition to this illustrated series.
- Education + Outreach,
- Climate,
- Air Quality