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Since 2000, the intensity and size of Western U. S. droughts have been dominated by heat, not lack of precipitation

Rebecca Lindsey | November 25, 2024

Heat-driven drying is playing a larger role than low precipitation in 21st-century Western droughts.

NOAA's new Climate, Ecosystems, and Fisheries Initiative

November 23, 2024

NOAA’s Climate, Ecosystems, and Fisheries Initiative is an initiative to provide decision makers with needed information to mitigate and adapt to the effects climate change on key marine and Great Lakes resources.

Climate Program Office supports research to advance adaptation in a changing climate

November 23, 2024

The NOAA Climate Program Office (CPO) Adaptation Sciences (AdSci) program is excited to announce eight new awards totaling $2,395,476 that will build the nation’s climate resilience.

Phased Array Radar innovating for the future

November 23, 2024

Phased Array Radar can give meteorologists a clear view of fast-moving weather systems by providing almost instantaneous scans of multiple areas in the atmosphere at once.

'High Tide' from the Art x Climate Gallery

November 22, 2024

Released in 2023, the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) includes an Art × Climate gallery. This digital rendering of a public art installation by Carolina Aragon visualizes projected flooding due to sea level rise.

Unusual fire risk across the Northeast in fall of 2024

Haley Thiem | November 21, 2024

Lack of precipitation across the Northeast sparks an unusually active fire weather risk and a record number of Red Flag Warnings issued for several states this fall.

As pollution increases, world falls further behind climate targets

November 19, 2024

At current rates, the Global Carbon Budget estimates, there’s a 50 percent likelihood that global average air temperatures will regularly exceed the 1.5-degree Celsius target (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2031.

New NOAA research predicts an increase in active Atlantic hurricane seasons

November 19, 2024

A newly published study projects an increase in the variability of Atlantic tropical cyclone activity, leading to more active and inactive hurricane seasons and less near-normal seasons.

Global temperature and precipitation for October 2024

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | November 19, 2024

It was the second-warmest October for the globe, and large parts of North and South America were drier than average.

U. S. climate summary for October 2024

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | November 18, 2024

Drought expanded rapidly across the country during October, with near-record warmth and dryness dominating large portions of the Lower 48.

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