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'Where there's smoke' from the Art x Climate Gallery

Featured Images October 11, 2024

Released in 2023, the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) includes an Art × Climate gallery. This work by Michele Colburn was influenced by the 2021 fire season in California.

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October 2024 ENSO update: spooky season

ENSO Blog October 10, 2024

Hurricane Milton rapidly intensifies into Category 5 hurricane, becoming the Gulf's strongest late-season storm on record

Event Tracker October 8, 2024

2024 Antarctic sea ice winter maximum second lowest on record

Event Tracker October 8, 2024

When it comes to probabilities, don’t trust your intuition. Use a decision support system instead!

ENSO Blog October 3, 2024

U.S. climate outlook for October 2024

Understanding Climate October 1, 2024

Arctic sea ice minimum in 2024 seventh lowest on record

Featured Images September 26, 2024

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October 2024 ENSO update: spooky season

October 10, 2024

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October 3, 2024

September 2024 ENSO update: binge watch

September 12, 2024
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March 18, 2021
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October 15, 2020
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Revealing unexpected productivity around the…

October 15, 2024

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October 8, 2024

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October 8, 2024
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In the agricultural heartland of the Northwest Pacific, a water plan that protects people and nature

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit March 7, 2017

After facing 5 years of drought in 15 years, partners in Washington's Yakima River Basin developed a new water plan that aims to make farms, fish, and families in the region more resilient to climate variability and change.

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Landmark buoys across the tropical Pacific Ocean get a makeover

April 11, 2023

Meet 5 NOAA buoys that help scientists understand our weather, climate, and ocean health

June 3, 2021

Adaptable and driven by renewable energy, saildrones voyage into remote waters

May 16, 2018
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Climate & French fries

November 19, 2020

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November 19, 2018

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June 7, 2018
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Solar radiation modification: NOAA State of the Science factsheet

October 3, 2024

U.S. climate outlook for October 2024

October 1, 2024

Carbon dioxide removal: NOAA State of the Science factsheet

September 19, 2024
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Does it matter how much the United States reduces its carbon dioxide emissions if China doesn’t do the same?

August 30, 2023

¿Por qué fiarnos de las proyecciones climáticas que hacen los científicos para dentro de 50 o 100 años cuando no se puede pronosticar con precisión el tiempo que hará dentro de más de 2 semanas?

July 13, 2022

What's the coldest the Earth's ever been?

February 18, 2021
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Building climate and coastal resilience in the OBX

May 21, 2019

The Karuk’s relationship with fire: Adapting to climate change on the Klamath

November 28, 2018

Where Do We Need Shade? Mapping Urban Heat Islands in Richmond, Virginia

August 28, 2018
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Ron Bartel explains the roots of sod-based crop resilience

October 27, 2014

Brian Swett discusses Boston’s climate future

July 30, 2014

Jacqueline Kozak Thiel talks about Hawaii’s sustainability efforts and preparing the island chain for climate change

July 1, 2014
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New Drought.gov a one-stop NOAA resource for all things drought

January 20, 2021

A new NOAA tool is helping to predict U.S. droughts, global famine

January 4, 2018

Water Resources Dashboard

March 22, 2016
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U.S. climate summary for June 2024

July 11, 2024

Women’s History Month: early women in Earth and climate science

April 3, 2024

What's in a number? The meaning of the 1.5-C climate threshold

January 9, 2024
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