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Mexico's worst drought since 2011 has caused water scarcity, agricultural concerns, and worsened heat waves so far in 2024.

Sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic are more hurricane-friendly so far this season than in the record-setting 2020 season.

Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the season, rapidly intensified and became a Category 5 storm, breaking records and stunning scientists along the way.

Temperatures across the North Atlantic Ocean have been record hot for more than a year.

What did last summer's ocean heat wave in the Florida Keys teach scientists about restoring coral reefs in a changing climate?

The area where the megafires broke out wasn't even in drought. Conditions deteriorated rapidly in less than a week.

Experts say it’s too soon to call the recent string of very low ice years an emerging response to climate change, but the evidence in that direction is growing.

Last year's marine heat wave and coral bleaching was so unprecedented, NOAA had to add new risk levels to this satellite-based monitoring scale.

2023 “exceptional” drought would have been two categories weaker and ~30 times less likely in a world without global warming.

Very warm December temperatures led to record-low ice cover across the Great Lakes to start the year. While a recent cold snap has kick-started some freezing, ice cover remains under the historical average. Will this late start have any impact on this year's final ice extent?