News & Research Highlights

New research confirms that, even as the Arctic warms faster than the rest of the world, cold-air outbreaks from the polar region will continue across the Northern Hemisphere in the coming decades.

Through partnerships with private-industry cruiseliners, cargo vessels, sailboats, and moorings, the Ships of Opportunity Program enables researchers to track the global ocean’s uptake of carbon.

Throughout 2024, NOAA Research continued work to better understand challenges Americans face: droughts, floods, severe weather, heat waves and other environmental hazards.

The NOAA Climate Program Office and the NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center have launched a new story map for the NOAA Blue Carbon Inventory Project.

The NOAA Blue Carbon Inventory Project works with partner countries to advance the development of climate change mitigation, coastal wetland management, and resilience strategies that reflect the societal and climate value of coastal wetlands.

Using national survey data, researchers assessed changes in how middle school teachers taught climate change from 2014 to 2019. They found that both the proportion of teachers covering climate change and the number of hours they spent on the subject increased.

Learn all about Argo from the perspective of four scientists with NOAA’s labs and cooperative institutes across the country, and what makes this ocean observing instrument special.

This month marks 25 years since Argo floats began drifting with currents and diving for data. The array has helped scientists to better understand changes in the ocean, improve climate and weather forecasts and ultimately help society prepare for environmental change.

Learn what goes into growing these staples of holiday festivities, and how they are affected by weather and climate.