The July 2022 Climate outlook favors a hotter-than-average month for much of the country with a continuation of the wet start to the North American monsoon across the Southwest.

The worst megadrought in 1,200 years has gripped most of the western United States, driven in part by climate change. Partnering with federal, tribal, state, and local leaders, NOAA will host a drought and heat webinar on July 21, 2022.

A new study finds that more frequent rocket launches may harm Earth’s ozone layer. The finding highlights the need to better understand the impact of space travel on ozone and climate.

A new study finds that global warming contributed to a 13-percent decline in tropical cyclones worldwide over the 20th century. The North Atlantic bucked this trend, though. More frequent North Atlantic hurricanes could be caused by decreasing human-caused aerosols.

Alaska is more than 4,000 miles from the equator. Does the influence of El Niño and La Niña reach that far?

Published :. August 2021. Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, requires that each Federal agency develop a Climate Action Plan for Adaptation and Resilience. This pla ...

Sparked by lightning on May 31, the East Fork Fire spread swiftly across the Alaskan tundra, threatening four Yup’ik villages by mid-June. NOAA updated local residents, as well as state and national news media about the rapidly evolving situation. Though unrelated to the fire’s source, climate change likely contributed to the fire’s rapid growth to historic proportions.

Published :. July 2021. This collection of leading practices in climate adaptation covers a suite of climate adaptation actions and is intended to broadly promote collaborative learning. Each practice ...

Published :. June 2022. This Drought Guide, developed through the interagency National Drought Resilience Partnership, can be used to anticipate and prepare for the consequences of drought on infrastr ...

Published :. February 2018. This guidebook outlines five core components of multimodal network connectivity, as listed below, with a focus on pedestrians and bicyclists. While these components are all ...