ATOC in the News

As Arctic sea ice retreats during the melt season, the upper ocean warms in response to atmospheric heat fluxes.

Since the early 1990s the Pacific Walker circulation shows a multi-decadal strengthening, which contradicts future model projections.

An ad hoc committee will provide an independent review of the potential environmental effects and socio-economic consequences that could unfold in the weeks-to-decades following nuclear wars.

Tropical convective clouds are a crucial component of the Earth's weather and climate system.

Warm season heavy rainfall in Minnesota can lead to flooding with serious impacts on life and infrastructure.

New CU Boulder research finds that the presence of clouds—or lack thereof—caused by the smoke of wildfires thousands of miles away can either help protect or endanger Arctic sea ice

An island community moved to the mainland. Now the fast-rising sea is following — a warning for the rest of the East Coast.

Climate-model simulations exhibit approximately two times more tropical troposphericwarming than satellite observations since 1979.

An oceanic cold spot breathes life into the archipelago. How long can it last?

Professor Peter Pilewskie has been named to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Earth Sciences and Applications from Space (CESAS).