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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 17-Jun-2025 12:09 ET (17-Jun-2025 16:09 GMT/UTC)

10-Jun-2025

Cloud observations in the southern ocean pave the way to better climate models

Research Organization of Information and Systems
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Climate models often overestimate ice clouds and underestimate supercooled liquid water (SLW) clouds in polar regions, skewing predictions of surface warming. To address this issue, researchers from Japan conducted a four-month observational study on the Southern Ocean. Through shipboard measurements, they found SLW clouds dominated as mid-level cloud layers, even at very low temperatures. These findings offer crucial data to improve the accuracy of climate models, which are critical in the face of climate change.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, National Institute of Polar Research

9-Jun-2025

Mount Sinai Health System earns several prestigious national honors for environmental excellence

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Business Announcement

“Mount Sinai Health System is committed to helping create a cleaner tomorrow by elevating our environmental stewardship and strengthening our organizational culture and operational excellence,” says Muoi A. Trinh, MD, Medical Director of Sustainability, Mount Sinai Health System. “These awards are a visible testament to our work to support the health of our planet and the people who live on it.”

8-Jun-2025

New review uncovers how compound extreme events are becoming a hidden health crisis in China

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A newly published review reveals that climate extremes are increasingly striking in combination—and their compounding impact is posing a growing threat to public health across China.

Journal: Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

6-Jun-2025

AMS announces 1,000 broadcast meteorologists certified

American Meteorological Society
Business Announcement

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) today announced it has awarded its 1,000th AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) designation. Since 2005, on-air meteorologists have displayed the AMS CBM seal to denote their expertise not only in weather-related communication but also in meteorological science and forecasting.

6-Jun-2025

Global Declaration endorsed to advance scientific ocean drilling

MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
Business Announcement

Villefranche-sur-Mer, France - June 6, 2025 - In the frame of the United Nations Ocean Conference 2025, a high-level side event hosted on June 3rd at the Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV) culminated in the signing of the Declaration of Commitment to Scientific Ocean Drilling.

6-Jun-2025

Initiation, organizational modes and environmental conditions of severe convective wind events during the warm season over North China

Science China Press

In a paper published in SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, a team of researchers analyzed spatiotemporal distribution, organizational modes of severe convective wind (SCW) events during the warm season (May to September) in North China. In addition, the environmental conditions before the occurrence of SCW convective systems and non-SCW convective systems were compared. It provides valuable insights to enhance the forecasting accuracy of severe convective weather events in this region.

Journal: Science China Earth Sciences

5-Jun-2025

A forward-looking approach to climate disaster preparation

Tufts University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Vulnerable communities in the Southeastern United States must look to the future, not the past, to prepare for climate disasters, according to researchers at Tufts University. In a recent paper published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, the researchers document substantially higher risk of extreme temperatures and flooding in the Southeast U.S.

Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Funder: NASA Headquarters