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Northern Hemisphere land areas were record warm, and La Niña left its imprint on global precipitation patterns.

If ENSO is a romantic comedy, our ocean-atmosphere couple is in an on-again phase, and they're expected to stay together through the winter.

Global carbon emissions are projected to bounce back to 36.4 billion metric tons this year after an unprecedented drop caused by the response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to an annual report by the Global Carbon Project.

Atmospheric rivers and a powerful Nor'easter brought significant precipitation to the U.S. in October. East of the Rockies, most of the country was warmer than average.

The 2021 Pacific Islands Climate Storybook, describing community experiences in addressing the impacts of a changing climate in Pacific Island countries, is now available. It was coauthored by investigators from NOAA’s Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA).

Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 cohort of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) mapping campaigns. The campaign is sponsored by the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) and Climate Adaptation Planning Analytics (CAPA) Strategies.

Called El Niño’s little brother, Atlantic Niño is the Atlantic equivalent of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). New research finds that Atlantic Niño can be induced by the Indian Ocean Dipole, independent of ENSO activity.

The 26th convening of the United Nations Conference of the Parties (or COP26) kicked off on October 31 in Glasgow, Scotland, and is scheduled to run through Nov. 12. The main goal for COP26 is to accelerate action toward the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Why doesn't the climate behave like we expect? The answer often lies in the internal variability of our atmosphere. Our ENSO Blogger explains exactly what that is.

Top-down, atmospheric measurement-based estimates of natural gas emissions across US cities are 2 to 10 times higher than estimates from current bottom-up emission inventories. Current policy aimed at curbing emissions at the pipeline level may not effectively mitigate future methane concerns.