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Warren Washington, Michael Mann win 2019 Tyler Prize
The 2019 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement – often described as the "Nobel Prize for the environment" – has been awarded to climate scientists Warren Washington of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Michael Mann of Pennsylvania State University.
- Organization
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NOAA and NCAR partner on new, state-of-the-art U.S. modeling framework
NOAA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have joined forces to help the nation’s weather and climate modeling scientists achieve mutual benefits through more strategic collaboration, shared resources and information.
- Climate,
- Weather
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New weather research law will improve U.S. safety and economic competitiveness
New weather legislation will enhance connections among the federal government, research community, and private companies to accelerate advances in forecast technologies.
- Government Relations,
- Weather
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Major northeastern snowstorms expected to continue with climate change
Climate change is expected to lessen total U.S. snowfall, but it's unlikely to rein in the most powerful nor'easters that pummel the East Coast.
- Climate,
- Weather
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Solar flares: From emergence to eruption
A team of scientists has, for the first time, used a single, cohesive computer model to simulate the entire life cycle of a solar flare: from the buildup of energy thousands of kilometers below the solar surface, to the emergence of tangled magnetic field lines, to the explosive release of energy in a brilliant flash.
- Sun + Space Weather