News & Research Highlights

A new mapping tool may help bring government investment back into communities that have suffered from disinvestment, such as rural communities and communities of color.

On May 9, 2023, scientists aboard the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown arrived at their final destination in Reykjavik, Iceland following 55 days at sea, embarking from Brazil. The research team collected over 3,000 samples from the Atlantic’s surface to the seafloor, giving scientists a holistic snapshot of the Atlantic Ocean basin.

A new dataset provides river chemistry and discharge data for 140 U.S. rivers along the West, East, and Gulf of Mexico coasts, based on historical records from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This data will support regional ocean biogeochemical modeling and carbon chemistry studies.

As the base of the marine food chain, plankton connect climate and fisheries. Climate researchers predict that warming oceans will shift plankton communities, but these tiny organisms are challenging to study. A new project is developing a robust global plankton database.

Climate change presents growing threats to human health, but many health professionals need training on how best to engage with patients on climate-related issues. A new program aims to provide training.

Zooplankton contribute to the transfer of carbon from the atmosphere to the deep ocean. Better representation of their relationship with chlorophyll will improve projections of climate change impacts.

NOAA releases plans to build climate resilience and support coastal communities with Inflation Reduction Act funds.

Although reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the most important strategy for addressing climate change, the IPCC also recommends climate interventions like carbon dioxide removal to meet climate targets and begin to stabilize Earth’s climate system.

In spring and summer 2020, small- and medium-sized businesses in California’s Sierra Nevada Region faced the largest wildfire season in recorded state history and the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study examines how they coped with multiple disruptions.

Annual increase in Keeling Curve peak is one of the largest on record.