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A new study shows the usefulness of environmental forecasts for managing marine mammals. Integrating species distribution models with subseasonal forecasts can predict the arrival of migratory humpback whales one to two weeks in advance.

NOAA’s Climate Program Office has just announced a total annual award of $15.2 million to support 63 new, innovative, and impactful projects to improve our nation’s resilience at a critical time in the fight against the climate crisis.

NOAA predicts drier-than-average conditions across the South, with wetter-than-average conditions for areas of the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes, northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest.

The amount of sea ice that survives the Arctic summer has declined by 13 percent per decade since the start of the 43-year satellite record.

The North Atlantic “warming hole” is an exception to widespread ocean warming. This relatively cool area has been attributed to a slow-down of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but a new study finds the cooling can mostly be explained by atmospheric processes.

Atmospheric rivers deliver water vapor and can bring heavy precipitation when making landfall. A new study has found that a high-resolution climate model can demonstrate accurate details of relationships between atmospheric rivers and major Northern Hemisphere climate modes.

David Herring, Chief of the Communication, Education, and Engagement Division of the Climate Program Office, has been named a finalist for a Pinnacle Award. He has been nominated for for Climate Change Executive of the Year.

The month tied for fifth-warmest September on average for the globe. North America was record warm, while La Niña continued to chill the tropical Pacific.

Call it what you like—triple-dip, three-peat, three-bean salad—we are facing the third La Niña winter in a row.

Fifth-warmest September on record; heatwave brought record temperatures to the West.