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2023 Antarctic sea ice winter maximum is lowest on record by a wide margin

National Snow and Ice Data Center | September 25, 2023

This year’s maximum was 676,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average and 398,000 square miles below the previous record low.

Arctic sea ice minimum at sixth lowest extent on record in 2023

National Snow and Ice Data Center | September 25, 2023

The last 17 years, from 2007 to 2023, are the lowest 17 sea ice extents in the satellite record.

History of the hottest summer day at thousands of U. S. locations

Rebecca Lindsey | September 21, 2023

Find the hottest summer day for thousands of U.S. stations with this interactive map.

Drifting buoy data now publicly available

September 19, 2023

The Global Drifter Program at AOML now has a publicly available server with free and open-source software. The server hosts both hourly and six-hour quality-controlled interpolated drifter datasets.

New system uses seawater to capture and store carbon dioxide

September 16, 2023

A new system has begun removing acid from seawater at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory facility in Sequim, Washington, allowing seawater to take up and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

September 2023 ENSO Outlook: An El Niño convo

Tom Di Liberto | September 14, 2023

The September 2023 ENSO Outlook predicts El Niño will stick around at least through January-March 2024. But don't just take it from us, hear directly from the Pacific Ocean and tropical atmosphere, who join the blog to answer some questions.

NOAA's multifaceted hurricane data collection efforts provide a detailed view of Hurricanes Franklin and Idalia

September 12, 2023

As Hurricanes Franklin and Idalia strengthened in late August, NOAA scientists collected critical data from the air, sea surface, and underwater to enhance forecasts and increase scientific knowledge.

Coherent mechanistic patterns of tropical land hydroclimate change

September 12, 2023

Predictions of temperature, precipitation and other changes in a warming world rely largely on model simulations that often render diverging results when presented in map view. By showing data in a behavioral phase space, patterns become apparent.

FEMA announces initial designation of community disaster resilience zones

September 12, 2023

On September 6, 2023, FEMA announced its designation of 483 Community Disaster Resilience Zones. These zones will build disaster resilience across the nation by driving federal, public and private resources to the most at-risk and in-need jurisdictions.

A new approach to evaluating sensitivity in land-atmosphere interaction

September 12, 2023

A new study finds that how much of Earth’s surface energy is used to evaporate water is a crucial driver of local weather variations during summer months. The researchers identify two feedback regimes related to evaporation and cloudiness.

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