Melting and breaking icebergs in the far-off, northeastern region of the Pacific Ocean can weaken a massive current system in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a study by researchers at University of California, Davis and the U.S National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research. 

NSF NCAR scientists can address media questions about various aspects of El Niño.

A new study based on global airborne surveys provides more clarity about the amount of carbon dioxide that the world’s forests and other vegetation on land are taking up (or releasing) throughout the year, information that is crucial to better understanding the world’s carbon cycle.

The biological productivity of the Southern Ocean in the summertime is substantially greater than many previous estimates have suggested, according to new airborne research.

The new MESACLIP dataset consists of an unprecedented set of high-resolution Earth system simulations and is freely available to the scientific community.