PMEL in the News
A Climate Fluctuation That Could Improve Forecasts Remains a Mystery
What keeps people awake at night? For baseball players, it might be a late-breaking fastball. It looks like you could hit it right out of the park until it curves. For meteorologists, an equivalent problem is called the Madden-Julian oscillation, or the MJO. Chidong Zhang and Michael McPhaden are quoted.
Second 'Blob' appears to be subsiding — for now
This summer the North Pacific was hit with the second marine heatwave of the decade. Mirroring the first so-called “Blob” of 2014, scientists measured ocean temperatures as more than five degrees above normal, across millions of square miles stretching from Alaska to California. Nick Bond is quoted.
Study examines climate change through clouds
An unprecedented study was recently launched to explore clouds, which cover two thirds of the Earth's surface on average. Scientists still understand precious little about the phenomenon, but most climatologists believe they hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of climate change. "CBS This Morning: Saturday" took a closer look at where scientists are conducting the study out in the Caribbean. PMEL's Atmospheric Chemstiry Group was part of this study (ATOMIC).
Snapping Shrimp Pump Up the Volume in Warmer Water
For animals no longer than a stick of chewing gum, snapping shrimp make an impressive racket. En masse, they create what sounds like pervasive crackling, and the din gets even louder when the shrimp live in warmer water, new research has revealed. Bob Dziak is quoted.
NOAA’s 50th Anniversary!
Timeline of some of the major achievements of NOAA during its first decade, the 1970s. PMEL's creationg and TAO/GTMBA is mentioned.