National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

Study casts doubt on warming implications of brown carbon aerosol from wildfires

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NSF awards $5.3 million in 59 grants to study effects of recent hurricanes

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World's most advanced shipborne radar ready to set sail

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Researchers take tips from 'Twister' to chase elusive storm data

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NSF awards $36.6 million in new food-energy-water system grants

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Solar wind impacts on giant 'space hurricanes' may affect satellite safety

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In wake of hurricanes, floods and wildfires, NSF awards $18.7 million in natural hazards research grants

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NSF awards $13 million for research on how humans, environment interact

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Team led by graduate student at PPPL produces unique simulation of magnetic reconnection

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Scientists brave Hurricane Harvey's fierce winds and pelting rain -- Irma is next

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Warmer world may bring more local, less global, temperature variability

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An inevitable warm-up for Earth

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Successful prediction of multi-year US droughts and wildfire risk

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Allowable 'carbon budget' most likely overestimated

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Study: Indian monsoons have strengthened over past 15 years

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Solar eclipse science along the path of totality: Eclipse on August 21 offers unique research opportunities

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Researchers discover how wildfires create their own weather

Discovery

NSF/NASA/NCAR press conference: What will scientists learn from the August 21 total solar eclipse?

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Stalagmites from Iranian cave foretell grim future for Middle East climate

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Reconciling predictions of climate change

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Study: Climate change damages U.S. economy, increases inequality

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Solar science: Exploring the power of our closest star

Special Report

Wet and stormy weather lashed California coast... 8,200 years ago

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Rising sea levels will boost moderate floods in some areas, severe floods in others

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El Niño and global warming combine to cause record-breaking heat in Southeast Asia

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Atmospheric scientists conduct field experiment to study wind flow over complex mountain terrain

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Earth's atmosphere more chemically reactive in cold climates

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Varied increases in extreme rainfall with global warming

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Scientists study atmospheric waves radiating out of hurricanes

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