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2016 eastern Pacific hurricane season makes up for lost time

Tom Di Liberto | August 12, 2016

After a slow start to the 2016 hurricane season, storms in the eastern North Pacific Ocean were plentiful during July and the beginning of August.

2015 State of the Climate: El Niño came, saw, and conquered

Rebecca Lindsey | August 2, 2016

A record-smashing hurricane season in the central North Pacific. Water rationing in Puerto Rico. The biggest one-year jump in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. These and more of 2015's extreme events had one thing in common: El Niño.

New Eastern Hemisphere heat record? The detective work behind world record weather

Tom Di Liberto | July 29, 2016

Extreme heat in Kuwait last week might have set a new high temperature record for Asia and the Eastern Hemisphere. How do climate experts verify such records?

'Thousand-year' downpour led to deadly West Virginia floods

July 8, 2016

The state of West Virginia was designated a federal disaster area following deadly and destructive floods on June 23, 2016. Rainfall in some counties exceeded 24-hours totals that the National Weather Service described as a 1-in-a-thousand-year event.

Scorching heat bakes the Southwest in mid-June 2016 - Part two

Tom Di Liberto | June 29, 2016

Part 2 looks into the causes of the scorching hot temperatures in the U.S. Southwest in mid-June 2016. The culprit? A large area of high pressure that let the air bake under cloudless skies.

Scorching heat bakes the Southwest in mid-June 2016

Tom Di Liberto | June 22, 2016

Scorching heat in the U.S. Southwest in mid-June 2016 broke daily records for this time of year. In many locations, temperatures ranked in the top five warmest days for any time of year.

Atmospheric 'Groundhog Day' behind flooding in France and Germany

Tom Di Liberto, Rebecca Lindsey | June 21, 2016

A non-stop parade of thunderstorms pounded parts of Europe during the end of May and beginning of June.

Historically speaking, where are the summer "hot spots" for severe weather in the U. S.?

June 13, 2016

For some parts of the U.S., the historical probability of severe weather peaks in late spring. But where are the summer “hot spots” for severe weather?

A bittersweet victory for an El Niño chaser

Kim Cobb | May 27, 2016

It's been a tough year for the globe's coral and the scientists who use coral to paint a picture of ENSO back thousands of years.

Will the Great Barrier Reef recover?

Tom Di Liberto | May 26, 2016

After a severe coral bleaching event struck the Great Barrier Reef, what does a future of climate change mean for the reef?

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