On August 7, 2022, NOAA employees and residents of Maryland’s Montgomery County participated in the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) “Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign.”

Summary: The NorWeST webpage hosts stream temperature data and climate scenarios in a variety of user-friendly digital formats for streams and rivers across the western U.S.

Trend expected to continue into 2023 and beyond.

The tropical Pacific appears to be hopelessly devoted to La Niña for at least the early part of winter.

In partnership with NOAA, Saildrone Inc. is deploying seven ocean drones to collect data from hurricanes during the 2022 hurricane, aiming to improve hurricane forecasts. For the first year, two saildrones will track hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico.

For almost half a century, some of the most important observations of the changing Arctic climate were captured and analyzed in a cramped 960-square-foot temporary structure at the northernmost tip of the United States. Researchers have now moved into a 3,000-square foot, state-of-the-art research facility.

A team of coral researchers from NOAA and the University of Miami rescued 43 coral colonies after a sea wall collapsed at Star Island, near Miami Beach. While conducting a routine survey, NOAA scientists noticed the partially collapsed sea wall, which previously hosted dozens of coral colonies, and sprang into action.

On average, July is the United States hottest month of the year. But where did this July fall in the historical record? See highlights from the monthly U.S. summary from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Summary: Click the link below to read this Peer-to-Peer case study as published by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Resiliency Officer Helps Design An Environmental Impact Bond To Finance Community Resilience Projects »

Summary: This set of guidelines provides practitioners with the best available information concerning the conceptualization, planning, design, engineering, construction, and maintenance of NNBF to support resilience and flood risk reduction for coastlines, bays, and estuaries, as well as river and freshwater systems.