Tag: News Release
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Everette Joseph is named NCAR director
Everette Joseph was named director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research today, following a rigorous international search. He joins NCAR from the University at Albany, State University of New York, where he is director of the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center.
- Organization
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UCAR congratulates Senators Gardner, Peters for winning AGU honor
UCAR congratulates Senators Cory Gardner and Gary Peters for winning the 2018 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Presidential Citation for Science and Society.
- Government Relations
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Uneven rates of sea level rise tied to climate change
The pattern of uneven sea level rise over the last quarter century has been driven in part by human-caused climate change, not just natural variability, according to a new study.
- Climate
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A 1972 solar storm triggered a Vietnam War mystery
In a sign of the far-ranging effects of space weather, new research shows that a major 1972 solar storm caused the explosions of more than two dozen sea mines.
- Sun + Space Weather
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Half of the world's annual precipitation falls in just 12 days, new study finds
Currently, half of the world's measured precipitation that falls in a year falls in just 12 days, according to a new analysis of data collected at weather stations across the globe. By century's end, climate models project that this lopsided distribution of rain and snow is likely to become even more skewed, with half of annual precipitation falling in 11 days.
- Climate,
- Weather