When white lesions began appearing at the famously intact Flower Garden Banks coral reef system, scientists knew a rapid, multi-agency, collaborative response was vital to learn from this coral disease outbreak.

NOAA PMEL oceanographers and colleagues are leading an effort to establish first-of-their-kind standards for calculating and reporting trends in ocean acidification observations

Is climate change outpacing drought assessment? February 28-March 1, the National Integrated Drought Information System and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will host a workshop to address this question. A pre-workshop virtual webinar, recorded February 10, is already available online.

Poster-sized collection of global temperature maps since 1850 makes it easy to spot the influence of global warming.

More stratospheric warming expected as polar vortex gets knocked off kilter. It's too soon to tell if and where any impacts will be felt at the surface.

The most common forest fires in the north-central United States are prescribed burns, which are less commonly studied than wildfires. A new study on prescribed burns in northern Michigan revealed distinct chemical signals of certain trees native to the area, highlighting the importance of further studying this region.

Tropical cyclones are still not fully understood at a fine level of detail. A newly published climate-model study demonstrates a better understanding of the processes of tropical cyclone formation, which will help to develop models and future projections.

Summary: Strategies to help bridge decision makers and constituents.

Summary: This stakeholder-inspired tool provides a practical solution to assist planners and emergency managers in the state of Louisiana in incorporating accurate climate data into their planning processes.

California is the nation's most populous state, and one of the largest contributors to food security. Reliable precipitation forecasts are in high demand but hard to deliver. A new paper examines the challenges.