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Department:December 31, 2010Weather in the Southeast this fall and winter is keeping up with the dry part of the typical La Niña pattern. Precipitation across most of the Southeast was "below" or "much below" normal for October-December.
Department:September 16, 2010Identifying ocean areas with a deep layer of warm water—places that are storing large amounts of heat—is important for scientists trying to predict whether or not a hurricane will intensify.
Department:July 2, 2010In 2007, Arctic sea ice retreated so dramatically that it broke all previous records for sea ice minimum for July through October. Is this year’s summer ice melt season on track to surpass 2007?
Department:June 2, 2010Will ocean currents carry oil and byproducts from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead beyond the Gulf of Mexico and out into the open Atlantic Ocean? Climate data and computer models help scientists predict how and where.
Department:May 13, 2010Scientists examine data from computer models to generate simulations of sea ice thickness now and three decades into the future.
Department:March 5, 2010Almost two months after a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti, nearly half a million people there are displaced from their homes, and a million more are living without proper shelter. What climate-related risks will they face in the coming months?
Department:January 11, 2010A wave of cold Arctic air gripped much of North America, Europe, and northern portions of Asia through the month of December 2009.
Department:January 8, 2010Two photographs, taken 18 months apart, show a significant decrease in Lake Powell during the most serious period of recent drought.
Department:December 31, 2009Has global warming stopped? That's what some people claim, based on global temperatures recorded since 1998. But, scientists say, not setting a new record high temperature each year doesn't mean the globe is cooling.
Department:December 17, 2009At the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Dr. Alexander E. “Sandy” MacDonald, of NOAA, used Science on a Sphere® to illustrate how climate change will transform the planet if humans do not reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
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