The world’s oceans are becoming increasingly stressful places for marine life, and experts are working to understand what this means for the future.
For Copepods, there is No Free Lunch when Coping with Climate Change
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Protecting the Ozone Layer Also Protects Earth’s Ability to Sequester Carbon
Previous “world-avoided” experiments have shown that, without the Montreal Protocol, ozone levels would be depleted globally by the mid-twentieth century.
Plants Evolved Ability to Actively Control Water-Loss Earlier than Previously Thought
New research has shed light on when plants first evolved the ability to respond to changing humidity in the air around them, and was probably a feature of a common ancestor of both flowering plants and ferns.
Listening to a Changing Gulf
NOAA and university scientists deploy underwater listening devices in the Gulf of Mexico to study marine mammals, soundscapes, and noise impacts.
Fewer El Niño and La Niña Events in a Warmer World
The cycling between warm El Niño and cold La Niña conditions in the eastern Pacific (commonly referred to as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, ENSO) has persisted without major interruptions for at least the last 11,000 years.
New Research Helps Crack the Mystery of Clouds to Improve Climate Prediction
The mission marked a turning point in our ability to observationally study factors influencing clouds.
