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2023 Global Carbon Budget Report Emphasizes Urgent Need to Reduce Global Emissions

Laura Chaibongsai — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:01:39 +0000

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State of the Climate in 2022 Report Released

AOML Communications — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:27:44 +0000

Today, September 6, the 2022 State of the Climate report was released by the American Meteorological Society, showing greenhouse gas concentrations, global sea levels, and ocean heat content reached record highs in 2022.

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Global Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels Continue to Rise

AOML Communications — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:55:37 +0000

Global carbon dioxide emissions in 2022 remain at record levels and natural carbon sinks are being impacted by climate change, according to a report published last week by the Global Carbon Project.

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State of the Climate in 2021 Report Released

AOML Communications — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:32:11 +0000

The State of the Climate in 2021 report was released today by the American Meteorological Society, showing greenhouse gas concentrations, global sea levels, and ocean heat content reached record highs in 2021 despite a La Niña event taking place in the Pacific Ocean.

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River Runoff Creates a Buffer Zone for Ocean Acidification in the Gulf of Mexico

AOML Communications — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 20:19:37 +0000

A new study by scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) has revealed the alkalinity of river runoff to be a crucial factor for slowing the pace of ocean acidification along the Gulf of Mexico’s northern coast. This valuable, first-time finding may be indicative of ocean carbon chemistry patterns for other U.S. coastal areas significantly connected to rivers.

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AOML Scientist Contributes to New UNESCO Report on Ocean Carbon

AOML Communications — Mon, 03 May 2021 17:10:40 +0000

In absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2), the oceans play a crucial role in regulating the climate, a role yet to be fully understood. However, the oceans’ ability to contribute to climate regulation may decline and even be reversed in the future. The oceans that are now the blue lungs of our planet, could end up contributing to global warming.

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AOML Contributes to Global Carbon Budget 2020

AOML Communications — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:15:30 +0000

On December 11, 2020 researchers with the Global Carbon Project released their annual update for the Global Carbon Budget. Daily global CO2 emissions are estimated to have decreased by a maximum of about 17% by early April 2020 compared to average levels in 2019. About half of this change is due to changes in surface transport, especially road transport, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Research: Ocean Acidification Varies Around North America with Hot Spots Found in Northeast and West Coast Waters

NOAA Research — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 13:00:08 +0000

New NOAA and partner research comparing ocean acidification around North America shows that the most vulnerable coastal waters are along the northern part of the east and west coasts. While previous research has looked at specific regions, the new study appearing in Nature Communications, is the first in-depth comparison of ocean acidification in all North American coastal ocean waters.

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AOML Contributes Ocean Carbon Observations for the Global Carbon Budget 2019

AOML Communications — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:50:55 +0000

Every year the Global Carbon Project publishes an authoritative observation based Global Carbon Budget detailing the annual release of fossil fuel carbon dioxide and the uptake by the terrestrial biosphere and oceans. In 2018 the global carbon emissions were still increasing, but their rate of increase had slowed. Global carbon emissions are set to grow more slowly in 2019, with a decline in coal burning offset by strong growth in natural gas use worldwide.

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Study Calls for Greater Use of Satellites to Monitor Ocean Carbon

AOML Communications — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 17:56:36 +0000

The ability to predict Earth’s future climate relies upon monitoring efforts to determine the fate of carbon dioxide emissions. For example, how much carbon stays in the atmosphere or becomes stored in the oceans or on land? The oceans in particular have helped to slow climate change as they absorb and then store carbon dioxide for thousands of years.

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