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A new study, based on 2007 Super Typhoon Yutu, finds that warming temperatures at Earth’s surface and within the storm itself affect storm intensification.

The NCEI Billion-Dollar Disaster and Risk Mapping tools now include U. S. Census tract data, expanding on FEMA's National Risk Index to provide an integrated view of U. S. hazard risk, exposure, and v ...

On July 26, the Biden Administration through the interagency National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) launched Heat. gov, a new website to provide the public and decision-makers wit ...

A report on the relationship between climate change and migration, with an emphasis on the health impacts, is now available. The report summarizes a two-part analysis of survey data from 199 households in the Republic of the Marshall Islands about past migrations and expectations to migrate in the future.

In February 2021, widespread cold air and two winter storms struck the South-Central United States. A new study recommends how climate services can help reduce the impacts of future freeze events.

The Camp Fire in Paradise, California, was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history. Smoke blanketed millions of residents for two weeks. A new study finds that a NOAA model accurately predicted the smoke's general movement during the first week.

Atlantic nations have agreed to cooperate on tackling environmental and climatic challenges affecting the Atlantic Ocean. The United States plans to host the signing of an international cooperation pact on July 13, 2022.

As greenhouse gas emissions have risen, Arctic sea ice has declined. But natural variability influencing winds can also affect sea ice. A recent study finds the atmospheric mode associated with likely melt is a summertime “Figure-8” high pressure centered over the Arctic and extending over Greenland.

Ocean currents affect life in the ocean and climate over the surrounding continents. For more than 20 years an observatory at 23°W on the equator has measured local ocean current velocities. These data have now been made publicly available for the first time.

NOAA has released the Spring 2022 Mid-Atlantic Regional Climate Impacts Summary and Outlook. The summary covers significant weather events, temperature and precipitation, and an outlook for summer 2022.