Heat extremes are the leading weather-related cause of death in the United States, driving the need for accurate prediction. A new study finds an increase in summertime heat wave occurrence over the US Great Plains is linked to a larger than normal tropical Atlantic warm pool.

In its announcements at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November 2022, the White House highlighted several of NOAA's Climate Program Office international programs and partnerships.

As forecasts have predicted for several months, a third La Niña winter in a row is on our doorstep. Our blogger explains what it might mean for average temperature and precipitation across the U.S.

Earth had its fourth-warmest October on record.

Global carbon dioxide emissions in 2022 remain at record levels and natural carbon sinks are being impacted by climate change, according to a new report. Experts from NOAA and elsewhere project that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations will reach an average of 417.2 parts per million in 2022.

As the catastrophic Colorado wildfires of late 2020 burned out of control, Access Sensor Technologies, a small company based in Fort Collins, Colorado, used the event as an opportunity to test a brand-new, air-sampling technology.

At COP27, the Biden-Harris Administration released the Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap highlighting the potential of nature-based solutions to address climate change, nature loss, and inequity.

NOAA researchers participated in PBS NC’s “State of Change” series and premiere event at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The series is a statewide deep-dive on North Carolina’s changing climate.

The summit is the 27th international meeting of the countries who have agreed to participate in the climate treaty known as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

La Niña is very likely to last through the winter for the third year in a row. What might be next?