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Texas–Oklahoma drought: What next for the Southern Plains?
The unprecedented strength of both heat and drought across Texas has echoes in climate periods of the past and projections of the future.
- Climate
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Deep oceans can mask global warming for decade-long periods
Computer simulations point to ocean depths below about 1,000 feet as the main location for "missing heat."
- Climate
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Switching from coal to natural gas would do little for global climate, study indicates
The study underscores the complex and sometimes conflicting ways in which fossil fuel burning affects Earth’s climate.
- Climate
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Detailed global portrait of greenhouse gases emerges from pole-to-pole flights
The HIPPO field project is enabling researchers to generate the first detailed 3-D mapping of the global distribution of gases and particles that affect Earth’s climate.
- Climate,
- Air Quality
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NCAR colloquium looks at African weather and climate
A group of scholars and students from nine countries came together in Boulder this summer for two weeks of study dedicated to the world’s second largest and second most populous continent.
- Climate,
- Weather