Stories by Stephanie Paige Ogburn

NASA will make another attempt to get the Orbiting Carbon Observatory into space to answer questions about global warming

More accurate, cheaper measurements of snowpack can help the state, struggling with drought, to better manage water flows

Even more extremes expected in future according to the new National Climate Assessment

The third U.S. climate assessment note global warming's disruptions have hit the country, with more severe weather and economic impacts

More than 15 inches of rain in one day was aided by a warmer atmosphere that can hold more moisture

Intense flooding, and excessive dry spells,  have arisen in the past 30 years, making farming harder than ever

Cold back East and warmth out West is a jet stream pattern that has been in place for 4,000 years, according to new research

Methane escapes from natural gas wells even before fracking, according to new direct measurements from flying over in an airplane

After the latest round of IPCC climate reports, some scientists are calling for a more streamlined process

Is the meltdown in the north weakening the jet stream and causing weird weather or not?

The world's largest ocean is absorbing carbon dioxide, and turning more acidic as a result, faster than expected

The American Academy for the Advancement of Sciences aims to convince Americans that action is needed to address global warming

Much of the potent greenhouse gas could be captured with existing technologies and profitably

Air pollution from fossil fuel production has contributed to worsening smog and climate change

The Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica thinned at modern rates some 8,000 years ago

The massive Pacific Ocean is helping absorb the extra heat trapped by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

A new project could help improve understanding of how the dwindling sea ice interacts with the atmosphere

Levels of the potent greenhouse gas continue to rise and scientists aren't sure where most of it is coming from, though likely suspects include fracking, increased coal mining in China and a melting Arctic

Even if the world started souring the skies to block sunlight any cooling effects would be hard to detect

Precipitation could finally be measured from space rather than the ground

Harassing emails are just part of what scientists studying global warming can expect

More and more activists who deny climate change are asking for e-mail records from climate scientists, prompting calls for a legal defense fund

Michael Freilich, the scientist who directs the Earth Science Division, explains the importance of the Earth-monitoring satellites

It's cold, but not record-breaking cold