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AMS report and statement: "America's economic leadership is at risk"

American Meteorological Society
Reports and Proceedings

As federal science agencies, including NOAA, face catastrophic cuts, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) today released a Statement and Special Report on the U.S. Weather Enterprise, highlighting agencies' foundational role in supporting public safety, private sector operations, national security, and vital infrastructure.

UCLA study: How to break through climate apathy

University of California - Los Angeles
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new UCLA study finds that presenting the same continuous climate data, such as incremental changes in temperature, in binary form — such as whether a lake did or did not freeze in the winter — significantly increases people’s ability to see the impact of climate change.

Journal: Nature Human Behaviour

Air-Sea interaction modeling mystery solved, researchers report

Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research (OLAR)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) — a low-frequency variability in sea surface temperature that repeats roughly every 40 to 80 years in Atlantic — impacts global climate and influences frequency and severity of extreme weather events. High-resolution models can improve simulations of AMO, but researchers did not understand how. Now, an international team has figured out why more detailed models can simulate the AMO in a way that better matches with observed data.

Journal: Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research

Sun Yat-Sen University launches SYCIM2.0: A new climate model poised to join CMIP7

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

Scientists at Sun Yat-Sen University have developed SYCIM2.0, a next-generation Earth system model built to push the boundaries of climate simulation.

Journal: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Hotter temps trigger wetlands to emit more methane as microbes struggle to keep up

Smithsonian
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In the soils of Earth’s wetlands, microbes are in a tug-of-war to produce and consume the powerful greenhouse gas methane. But if the Earth gets too hot, it could tip the scale in favor of the methane producers, according to a new study. Smithsonian scientists made the discovery as part of a futuristic climate experiment that raised carbon dioxide and temperature in a Maryland marsh.

Journal: Science Advances

World on course to trigger multiple climate ‘tipping points’ unless action accelerates

University of Exeter
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Multiple climate “tipping points” are likely to be triggered if global policies stay on their current course, new research shows.

Journal: Earth System Dynamics
Funder: German Research Foundation, Bezos Earth Fund

Treasures prove Thetford was pagan until 5th century

Cambridge University Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Jewellery in a Roman treasure hoard found in Thetford Forest, East Anglia, indicates that Thetford was pagan until the 5^th century, which is longer than previously believed, a new paper published by Cambridge University Press in Journal of Roman Archaeology reveals.

Journal: Journal of Roman Archaeology

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