npj Climate and Atmospheric Science is an open access journal covering the relevant physical, chemical and biological components of atmospheric and climate science. An area of particular focus for the journal is regional studies, which demonstrate new understanding of a particular locality, including studies of local atmospheric composition, including aerosols.
A team led by atmospheric scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has demonstrated the first-ever remote observations of the fine-scale structure at the base of clouds. The results, just ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2024
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Artificial intelligence (AI) can quickly and accurately predict the path and intensity of major storms, a new study demonstrates.
Earth Sciences
Apr 22, 2024
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According to Copernicus Climate Change Service, February 2024 was the warmest February ever recorded globally.
Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2024
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A University of California, Irvine-led team reveals a clear link between human-driven climate change and the years-long drought currently gripping southern Madagascar. Their study appears in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science.
Earth Sciences
Apr 9, 2024
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The Southern Ocean is renowned for having the cleanest air on Earth. But the precise reasons why have remained a mystery, until now.
Earth Sciences
Apr 5, 2024
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Western North America seems to be experiencing more extreme weather events more frequently. From scorching droughts to torrential floods, the climate is changing rapidly, with no signs of slowing down. From 2011 to 2015, ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 4, 2024
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New Curtin University research has shown the warming climate will turn Australia's soil into a net emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2), unless action is taken. "A warming climate will make Australian soil a net emitter of atmospheric ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2024
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In a study published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, a joint research group from the Institute of Earth Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Stockholm University, and the California State University ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 19, 2024
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Scorching summer heat is hard to imagine now in mid-winter Paris, but in six months when the world's athletes arrive for the Olympics, another pounding heat wave would spell trouble for organizers.
Environment
Feb 5, 2024
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The Hadley circulation is a key atmospheric circulation pattern in the tropics. It helps even out the temperature between the equator and the poles by moving energy and momentum toward higher latitudes. However, recent studies ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2024
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