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Department:October 9, 2020Climate.gov talks with Emily Fischer—an early-career atmospheric scientist and educator who has already made significant contributions to Earth science and fostering greater inclusion of women in the geosciences.
Department:October 1, 2020The latest maps from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center show where October 2020 is forecast to be much hotter and drier than average in the U.S. It's not a great outlook for the wildfire-affected West.
Department:September 24, 2020Guest blogger Marybeth Arcodia explains her latest research into how the Madden-Julian Oscillation and ENSO sometimes enhance each other's influence on U.S. precipitation and other times cancel each other out.
Department:September 17, 2020A new NOAA-funded index scores U.S. states' vulnerability to drought, based on a combination of sensitivity, exposure, and their ability to adapt.
Department:September 15, 2020August 2020 was the second-hottest August on record, and it ended the hottest summer on record for the Northern Hemisphere.
Department:September 1, 2020The September 2020 temperature and precipitation outlook favors a warmer- and drier-than-average September across the western United States, and a wetter-than-average month across the south-central Plains and much of the East.
Department:August 26, 2020Hundreds of wildfires burned through over one million acres of land in California in less than two weeks in August. The resulting smoke has not only worsened air quality across the state but spread across the country.
Department:August 12, 2020Record-high sea level, noteworthy extreme weather, and rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and oceans are just a few of the hundreds of highlights from Earth's annual checkup.
Department:August 4, 2020Join three heat experts to talk about how we map, monitor, and lessen the impacts of urban heat islands.
Department:July 30, 2020The reasons why some people drive or don't drive into flooded roads can be complex.
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