Scientific Publications

Recent Publications

Tungaraza, C., Mariki, E.E. & Cohen, M.D. (2026). Widespread and Persistent Mercury Contamination Beyond Disposal Sites: Case study on Challenges for Remediation in Artisanal Gold Mines of Tanzania. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, (90)1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-025-01172-3.
Fite, C. H., Kumar, A., Nowell, H. K., Travis, K. R., Robertson, K. M., Yokelson, R. J., et al. (2025). The GOES Eastern United States Fire Emissions inventory. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130(24), e2025JD043595. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD043595.
Cabarcas-Mier, A., Rey, W., Torrecillas, C., Paladio-Hernandez, A., Cahuich-Lopez, M., Salles, P., Munoz-Perez, J.J., de Santos-Medina, L., and Jigena-Antelo, B. (2025). Assessment of the shoreline dynamics in San Andres Island: A remote sensing and EOF analysis approach. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 90, Article 104435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2025.104435.https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70291.
Danzig, T. B., Pal, S., Medley, Z., Dhaliwal, H., Hamel, M., Sorensen, M., Das, D., Menon, K. V., Lee, T. R., Conder, M. (2025). Impact of advection on the urban heat of a small-sized city: The Urban Heat island Experiment Around Lubbock, Texas (U-HEAT). Urban Climate, 64, 2212-0955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102714https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-24-0075.1.
Kim, D., Choi, Y., Kim, H. C., Pouyaei, A., Park, J., Moon, J., Yang, C. Y., Kim, C-H., Jeon, W. (2025). Long-range transport of Siberian wildfire emission reduces NOx in downwind regions. Environmental Research Letters, 20(12), e124053. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae2526.

State of the Climate in 2024: The Tropics

August 14, 2025

ARL’s Atmospheric Sciences and Modeling Division Director Dr. Howard Diamond was, for the 20th year, lead author on this year’s State of the Climate Tropics Chapter published by the American Meteorological Society on August 1.

This annual publication is compiled by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information and is based on contributions from over 600 scientists from around the world. It provides a detailed update on global climate indicators, notable weather events, and other data collected by environmental monitoring stations and instruments located on land, water, ice, and in space.

This is the 35th issuance of the annual assessment now known as State of the Climate, published in the Bulletin since 1996. As a supplement to the Bulletin, its foremost function is to document the status and trajectory of many components of the climate system. However, as a series, the report also documents the status and trajectory of our capacity and commitment to observe the climate system. The full report link can be found here and the Tropics Chapter link can be found here.

Cover of the Special Online Supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 106, No. 8, August 2025