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Global carbon emissions are projected to bounce back to 36.4 billion metric tons this year after an unprecedented drop caused by the response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to an annual report by the Global Carbon Project.

The 2021 Pacific Islands Climate Storybook, describing community experiences in addressing the impacts of a changing climate in Pacific Island countries, is now available. It was coauthored by investigators from NOAA’s Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA).

Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 cohort of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) mapping campaigns. The campaign is sponsored by the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) and Climate Adaptation Planning Analytics (CAPA) Strategies.

Called El Niño’s little brother, Atlantic Niño is the Atlantic equivalent of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). New research finds that Atlantic Niño can be induced by the Indian Ocean Dipole, independent of ENSO activity.

Top-down, atmospheric measurement-based estimates of natural gas emissions across US cities are 2 to 10 times higher than estimates from current bottom-up emission inventories. Current policy aimed at curbing emissions at the pipeline level may not effectively mitigate future methane concerns.

Want to learn more about how NOAA innovates science, assessment, and equity-centered adaptation in a changing climate? Tune into the session titled Climate Services for Decision Makers at the U.S. Center as part of the upcoming UN Conference of Parties (COP26) taking place October 31st - November 12th in Glasgow, Scotland.

NOAA and the Climate Resilience Fund have announced results of the 2021 competitive grants program supporting projects that will help communities build resilience to the impacts of climate change. Projects focus on four priorities: diversity, equity and inclusion; nature-based solutions to climate change; finance-ready planning; and measures of success.

NOAA scientists have installed a state-of-the-art observing network in a remote basin near Crested Butte to study how precipitation forms in complex, high-altitude terrain. Their goal: improving weather and river flow prediction in a watershed critical to the region’s water supply

A geoengineering technique called marine cloud brightening could help clouds reflect more sunlight by injecting them with salt particles, thereby cooling the planet. But a new study finds the technique has to get everything exactly right to work, and may not work at all.

NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) has announced a total award amount of $171 million, the highest five-year investment in the program’s history, to support innovative and impactful projects to improve our nation’s climate resilience.