A new study examines water use in three large U.S. water systems: Austin Water, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, and Tampa Bay Water. Changes during drought, sustained engagement, collaboration, and education can lead to long-lasting changes in values around water, the study finds.

Summary: This StoryMap provides information on snow drought and how it varies across the United States.

Summary:  This StoryMap serves as a tool for monitoring USDA Forest Service rangeland allotment conditions.

Summary: This StoryMap provides an analysis of three variables that influence the area burned by wildfires in the western United States.

Summary: This StoryMap describes first, how climate change is transforming the Francis Marion National Forest; second, how land changes and urbanization are affecting the area; and third, how land managers can improve the resilience of these lands to changing conditions.

Summary: This StoryMap provides information on how disturbances due to climate change, insects, and diseases affect western U.S. forests.

More often than not, La Niña brings dry winters to the U.S. Southwest. Was there something unusual about our current La Niña that would explain why the area got soaked instead?

Ice coverage has reached a record low in the Great Lakes for this time of year. As of February 13, 2023, only 7 percent of these five freshwater lakes was covered in ice, significantly below the 35-40 percent ice cover expected.

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