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Department:December 16, 2020Desde las enfermedades relacionadas con el calor, pasando por la propagación de plagas y patógenos en nuevas zonas, hasta la acumulación de toxinas en los mariscos, es probable que el calentamiento global tenga graves repercusiones en la salud pública.
Department:December 16, 2020El calentamiento global y el cambio climático relacionado están impactando negativamente a las especies y hábitats de todo el país, incluyendo muchas que son económica y culturalmente importantes para los estadounidenses.
Department:December 16, 2020Desde incendios forestales más grandes e intensos hasta inundaciones repentinas más frecuentes, el calentamiento global ha aumentado el costo de los peligros naturales. El gasto actual en infraestructura no es suficiente para cubrir las reparaciones y mejoras.
Department:December 10, 2020La Niña's here through winter, but chances for ENSO to transition to neutral by spring are rising.
Department:December 4, 2020Unusually big blooms of tiny ocean plants occurred in the Arctic this past summer, linked to early summer retreat of sea ice.
Department:December 8, 2020August sea surface temperatures in the Arctic are rising by as much as 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) per decade.
Department:December 8, 2020Between September 2019 and August 2020, the rate of ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet was much lower that the record set the previous 12-month period, but but still above the 2002–2020 average. Overall, Greenland continues to lose ice.
Department:December 8, 2020The taiga is becoming more flammable, increasing the risk for intense wildfires—some so intense they overwinter in deep ash pits and re-emerge the following spring.
Department:December 1, 2020December 2020 and the start of the 2020-2021 winter looks warmer and drier than average for much of the country.
Department:December 8, 2020The 15th installment of NOAA's Arctic Report Card NOAA’s 15th Arctic Report Card catalogs the numerous ways that climate change continues to disrupt the polar region.
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