Summary: Changing climate conditions have implications for the values, identity, heritage, cultures, and quality of life of the Northwest’s diverse population.

Summary: Most of the Northwest’s infrastructure was designed for an unchanging climate. As the frequency and/or intensity of flooding, drought, wildfire, and heat waves changes, proactive management of transportation, water, and energy assets can build resilience.

The United States is expected to experience as much sea level rise by the year 2050 as it witnessed in the previous hundred years. The report projects sea levels along the coastline will rise an additional 10-12 inches in the next 30 years, with specific amounts varying regionally, mainly due to land height changes.

Rapid climate change has affected salmon populations—and the people who depend on them—for decades. NOAA Fisheries and the NOAA Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory are collaborating with an international team of scientists in an expedition to close gaps in understanding about salmon.

The year-long MOSAiC expedition collected unprecedented environmental data from the Central Arctic Ocean. The research team has just published three overview articles on the MOSAiC atmosphere, snow and sea ice, and ocean.

A newly released video highlights how climate change is affecting marine sanctuaries, and how NOAA is addressing climate change impacts in these spectacular places.

The Resilient Rural America Project (RRAP) has launched two self-guided, no-cost training modules to build local capacity and resilience to extreme weather for rural communities across the United States.

Check the range of climate stressors across the top of this chart. Arrows connect each stressor with infrastructure assets they could impact. Adapted from the Fourth National Climate Assessment, Figur ...

Salmon are an anadromous fish: they spawn and raise juveniles in freshwater rivers, then migrate to saltwater to feed, grow, and mature before returning to freshwater to spawn. If global use of fossil ...

Farmers depend on irrigation to grow crops in some portions of the Northwest. As early as the 2030s, demand for irrigation in the Columbia River Basin is projected to increase 5% in response to climat ...