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Topic: Greenhouse gases

A NOAA researcher prepares to release an ozone sonde at the South Pole in this 2008 photo.

Ozone treaty taking a bite out of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions

August 14, 2017

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A NOAA researcher prepares to release an ozone sonde at the South Pole in this 2008 photo.

International report confirms 2016 was warmest year on record for the globe

August 10, 2017

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Aerial views over urban, night-time landscape.

NOAA’s Greenhouse Gas Index up 40 percent since 1990

July 11, 2017

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Aerial views over urban, night-time landscape.

Scientists aboard NOAA Ship Fairweather sampled ocean waters and marine life to analyze how they may be affected by ocean acidification during the 2013 West Coast cruise.

NOAA research links human-caused CO2 emissions to dissolving sea snail shells off U.S. West Coast

November 22, 2016

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Scientists aboard NOAA Ship Fairweather sampled ocean waters and marine life to analyze how they may be affected by ocean acidification during the 2013 West Coast cruise.

Measurements taken by NOAA scientists show carbon dioxide levels are now permanently above 400 parts per million — even at the South Pole, which is the last place on Earth to register the impacts of increasing emissions from fossil fuel consumption. This photo shows NOAA's South Pole Observatory in the distance.

Carbon dioxide levels race past troubling milestone

September 30, 2016

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Measurements taken by NOAA scientists show carbon dioxide levels are now permanently above 400 parts per million — even at the South Pole, which is the last place on Earth to register the impacts of increasing emissions from fossil fuel consumption. This photo shows NOAA's South Pole Observatory in the distance.

The National Science Foundation’s Atmospheric Research Observatory illuminated by the sun approaching South Pole sunset in 2014.

South Pole is last place on Earth to pass global warming milestone

June 15, 2016

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The National Science Foundation’s Atmospheric Research Observatory illuminated by the sun approaching South Pole sunset in 2014.

Fossil fuel extraction in North Dakota's Bakken field in 2014.

Warming due to carbon dioxide jumped by half in 25 years

May 18, 2016

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Fossil fuel extraction in North Dakota's Bakken field in 2014.

The Aliso Canyon well is located in the Santa Susanna Mountains of southern California.

Study: 2015 California blowout led to largest U.S. methane release ever

February 25, 2016

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The Aliso Canyon well is located in the Santa Susanna Mountains of southern California.

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