Posts by Laura Paskus

Last week, a study came out in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that atmospheric moisture is not increasing as expected over arid and semi-arid regions as the planet warms.  In a press statement, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, also notes that the…

Last week, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information announced that 2023 was officially the warmest year on record. “By far.”  According to the federal agency, Earth’s average surface temperature was 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit above the twentieth century average, and the “highest global temperature among all years in NOAA’s 1850-2023 climate record.”  The agency also noted…