1. Ozone recovery and greenhouse gases in the Southern Hemisphere

    A new study looks at how the anticipated recovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica and simultaneous increase in greenhouse gas concentrations will combine to affect weather and climate in the Southern Hemisphere.

    • Climate,
    • Air Quality

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  2. Interior Alaska: Subsistence hunting in a warming world

    Alaska is among the fastest-warming places on Earth, with its interior region warming the most statewide. A study by NCAR’s Shannon McNeeley looks at the vulnerability to climate change of native rural communities.

    • Climate

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  3. Birds gather at a flooded spot in a North Dakota roadway.

    Rivers, lakes, and snow: A devil of a problem

    Like a creature from a hydrologic horror flick, Devils Lake, North Dakota, has been expanding off and on for 70 years, most dramatically from the mid-1990s onward. Some of its tendrils have blocked rail lines and roadways for years.

    • Climate

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  4. Water, carbon, and climate on the roof of the world

    A study led by NCAR postdoctoral researcher Jia Hu and Julia Klein from Colorado State University looks at the relationship between plants, water, carbon, and climate on the Tibetan Plateau, which is warming at a rate twice that of the global average.

    • Climate

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