FEBRUARY 1, 2023 Research Highlight The Effect of Precipitation Change on Soil Respiration Varies Over Time The flux of carbon dioxide from forest soil may acclimate to some aspects of climate change. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 1, 2023 Research Highlight Understanding the Origin of Tropical Precipitation Bias in Climate Models Identifying links between large-scale and local-scale model biases in tropical precipitation. ( Read More )
JANUARY 13, 2023 Research Highlight Freshwater Flux Feedback Lengthens Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Variability Interactive freshwater flux works to prolong density anomalies over deep water formation areas in the North Atlantic. ( Read More )
JANUARY 12, 2023 Article Breathing New Life into Study of Lungs Findings show method to better prepare human lung tissue for study; it represents the latest mass spectrometry-based omics advances. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 2, 2022 Research Highlight What Drives Rapid Vertical Exchange in Northern Gulf of Mexico Water? Interactions between fronts and the land-sea breeze lead to strong vertical exchange in the northern Gulf of Mexico. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 18, 2022 Research Highlight Western Wildfires Spark Stronger Storms in Downwind States When wildfires burn in the west, the heat and airborne particles they release inflict stronger rain and larger hail upon central states. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 18, 2022 Research Highlight Understanding How Plants Respond to Coexisting Soil and Air Dryness in Global Simulations Evaluating the relative roles of soil water stress and vapor pressure deficit at limiting canopy conductance in coupled land-atmosphere simulations. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 7, 2022 Research Highlight Demystifying How Atmospheric Westerly Jets Shift Under Global Warming Understanding why the westerly jets shift poleward in certain seasons and regions but equatorward in others under global warming. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 3, 2022 Research Highlight Understanding How Clouds Evolve During Arctic Cold-Air Outbreaks Two case studies of clouds evolving over the Arctic provide data that will help researchers evaluate cloud simulations. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 3, 2022 Research Highlight Understanding How Algorithms for Simulating Water Transport in Plants Affect Vegetation Modeling Evaluating the accuracy of predicted plant aboveground biomass with different numerical solution options in a model of water transport in plants. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 Research Highlight How Do Hailstorms Respond to a Warmer Future? How hailstorms respond to human-created warming in the Great Plains depends on large-scale weather-producing systems. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 Research Highlight Ocean Critters Brighten Clouds and Help Cool the Planet The presence of mMarine microorganisms may enhance cloud droplet formation, leading to brighter clouds that reflect more sunlight. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 Research Highlight Clouds Amplify Mechanisms of Southern Ocean Heat Uptake Observational evidence shows that clouds strongly influence the seasonal heat exchange between Southern Ocean air and sea. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 Research Highlight Assessing How the Atmosphere Responds to Land Surface Diversity Both the type and composition of landforms affect atmospheric properties and clouds in a state-of-the-art Earth system model. ( Read More )
AUGUST 30, 2022 Research Highlight Increasing Confidence in Regional Surface Temperature Response through Neutral Modes Anthropogenically forced evolution of the leading neutral mode explains historical trends in global surface temperature, lending confidence to regional projections related to modes. ( Read More )
AUGUST 22, 2022 Research Highlight Sea-Spray Aerosols Change Atmospheric River Precipitation in Mountains Aerosols from sea-spray that are transported by atmospheric rivers enhance snow precipitation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. ( Read More )
AUGUST 19, 2022 Research Highlight Understanding How Model Setup Affects Representations of Atmospheric Properties The initial conditions and setup influence how large-eddy simulations representation atmospheric properties important for larger-scale models. ( Read More )
AUGUST 19, 2022 Research Highlight Contrasting How Urbanization and Irrigation Affect Mid-Atlantic Summer Precipitation Changes in land use and land cover have diverse and contrasting effects on different types of rain. ( Read More )
AUGUST 19, 2022 Research Highlight Testing a Suite of Exploratory Precipitation Metrics for Improving Precipitation Modeling Metrics and diagnostics that improve connections between model errors and their sources can lead to better precipitation modeling. ( Read More )
AUGUST 19, 2022 Research Highlight Recognizing a Contributor to Scorching Heat in the Midlatitudes A circumglobal circulation pattern related to natural climate variability influences the location of summertime hot spots. ( Read More )