as a function of annual rainfall. Note that between 55% and 90% of the rain returns to the atmosphere as evapotranspiration rather than running off as surface water, with evapotranspiration declining ...

September 15, 2020. In this map, land is gray and ocean water is navy blue. Sea ice ranges in color from blue to white, with darker shades indicating lower sea ice concentration. (For the purpose of t ...

how competitive grant projects entrain science into NOAA assets. This is highlighted in a recent study published in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. ARL's HYSPLIT model simulates a ...

to see are already responding to the impacts of ongoing climate change. *The projections shown in the top map are based on a medium-low emissions scenario that climate modelers refer to as RCP 4.5, wh ...

that wildfire danger would be above normal for parts of California, Arizona, and New Mexico in May 2014, and that the heightened-fire-risk area would expand into Oregon, Nevada, and southern Washingto ...

On the other hand, there is a roughly 20% chance that the El Niño could fizzle. This happened in 2012 when an El Nino Watch was issued—chances became as high as 75%, but El Niño never formed. Importan ...

sure to taken frequent breaks in the shade and stay hydrated. For more tips on how to stay safe in the heat, head over the National Weather Service's page on heat safety or explore the Heat Health sec ...

meters) to 6.36 feet (1.94 meters) in just two years: 2011 to 2013. More information can be found in the Sea Ice chapter of the Arctic Report Card: Update for 2013. Map by NOAA Climate. gov team, base ...

Announcer: More extreme climate-driven events struck communities around the United States in 2011 than ever before. Many came and went quickly, but the drought and heat that blanketed the South and th ...

reduce the beach area on these islands, and could eventually submerge them. It's happened before: in the 1960s Whaleskate Island was the second largest nesting beach for green turtles in French Frigat ...