Closing the water cycle from observations across scales: Where do we stand?

By lyu | May 2, 2021

Life on Earth vitally depends on the availability of water. Human pressure on freshwater resources is increasing, as is human exposure to weather-related extremes (droughts, storms, floods) caused by climate change. Understanding these changes is pivotal for developing mitigation and adaptation strategies. The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) defines a suite of Essential Climate Variables…

Currently ongoing: New initiative on Arctic Fluxes

By lyu | October 6, 2020

October 6, 2020 WHOI-NOAA partnership tackles critical gap in climate knowledge TOPICS: CLIMATE & OCEAN / CLIMATE CHANGE The OOI surface buoy (shown here in 2018 being serviced by the WHOI-operated research vessel Neil Armstrong) will help provide crucial verification of USV and satellite-based models of air-sea interaction in difficult-to-reach high-latitude waters of the North…