Under both lower- and higher-scenario climate change projections, the number of days exceeding 100°F is projected to increase markedly across the Southern Great Plains by the end of the century. Maps ...

The Southern Great Plains Region encompasses Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Map credit: Ian Johnson, UNC Asheville's National Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC). Public domain. Last modified :. 9 Janu ...

Summary: The states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas regularly experience some of the most extreme weather on the planet. Climate change is expected to lead to hotter and drier conditions that will challenge agricultural producers across the region's vast rural areas. Urban centers will also need to adapt to new conditions to ensure a reliable water supply for people and industry.

NOAA's Climate Ready Workforce. * Home. ... for Coastal and Great Lakes States, Tribes, and Territories. Sea Grant and the NOAA Climate Program Office, with support from the NOAA Office of Coastal Man ...

On Thursday, January 19, 2023, the Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) Portal team will host a webinar demonstrating the CMRA Portal and Assessment Tool. Anyone interested in learning more is encouraged to register for the webinar.

On December 29, 2022, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) submitted its 2022 U.S. Climate Ambitions Report. Coauthored by NOAA Climate Program Office personnel, the report details policies to reach climate targets, and build resilience to climate change impacts.

Unlike Europe, the U.S., and China, the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) has experienced rising air pollution over the last 20 years. New research finds that rising carbon dioxide may slow wind speeds in the region, further worsening air quality.

The January 2023 climate outlook favors a wetter-than-average start to the new year for the western US, northern Plains, Great Lakes and Tennessee Valley, and a warmer-than-average month for the central and eastern United States.

An environmental DNA sampler, an underwater glider, a saildrone, and some floats are among the instruments highlighted in NOAA’s 12 Days of Instruments.

Cloud-computing technology that improves climate prediction counts among the NOAA’s successful technology partnerships in 2022.