With this year's ongoing El Niño event, parts of East Africa may be ripe for a potential outbreak of Rift Valley Fever. See how government agencies are using climate data to help predict, and hopefully prevent, an outbreak of this deadly mosquito-borne virus that affects both people and valuable livestock.
2015-16 Winter Outlook
October 14, 2015
Wait, a hurricane formed where in the Atlantic?
September 3, 2015
Central Pacific hurricane party: three’s company
September 3, 2015
Plants on land have helped slow global warming by capturing nearly a quarter of the carbon dioxide that human activities release in an average year. But where is it all going?
In 2014, the upper ocean held more heat than average throughout most of the major ocean basins.
Hyperactive start to eastern Pacific hurricane season
June 17, 2015
After an intense start to 2015, the waters of the South Pacific are finally cooling off, bringing relief to corals. But NOAA scientists expect stressful conditions to spread into the northeast Pacific and the Caribbean this summer.