Tag: National Center for Atmospheric Research

  • Nation & World

    The complex relationship between heat and ozone

    If emission rates continue unchecked, regions of the United States could experience between three and nine additional days of unhealthy ozone levels each year by 2050, according to a new study from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Earlier warnings for heat waves

    In a new study, researchers from Harvard University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research have identified sea surface temperature patterns that help predict extreme heat waves in the Eastern United States up to 50 days in advance.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    When plants may not help

    Large-scale increases in forest cover in North America and Eurasia — proposed by some analysts as a way to cut climate change — could hurt the environment by shifting rainfall patterns across the globe, Harvard study says.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Tracking the pollution amid the remote

    A national research project led by Harvard scientist Steven Wofsy tries to fill in the blanks of understanding how the Earth’s atmosphere works by crisscrossing the globe by jet, measuring air changes.

    7 minutes