Launched on June 17, 2021, the United Nations Special Report on Drought 2021 warned of rising exposure to the natural hazard. Within the next 80 years, 129 countries will experience an increase in drought exposure mainly due to climate change, and 38 countries primarily due to the interaction between climate change and population growth.

NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) is pleased to announce $950,000 for four new projects that will support decision making in neighborhoods grappling with inequitably distributed impacts from the deadliest weather-related risk in the United States: extreme heat.

Summary: Multiple U.S. coastal regions may see rapid increases in the number of high-tide flooding days in the mid-2030s, according to a new study. The combined effects of sea-level rise and natural fluctuations in tidal range are anticipated to cause tipping points in the frequency of high-tide flooding. These tipping points can produce acute impacts in underserved communities not prepared for the consequences.

The Southern Hemisphere’s stratosphere is cleaner than the Northern Hemisphere’s. A NOAA-NASA airborne mission that measured very small particles and trace gases in the lower stratosphere indicated that the cause of the relatively polluted Northern Hemisphere stratosphere is aircraft emissions.

The ENSO forecast favors neutral conditions through the fall, but there's more to it than that!

Range of demand projections Tampa Bay Water can expect between 2014 and 2045. Image source: Tampa Bay Water. Last modified : . 8 July 2021 - 12:28pm. ...

The year the new Master Water Plan would need to be initiated. Image source: Tampa Bay Water. Last modified : . 8 July 2021 - 12:28pm. ...

Range of variability in housing units based on the baseline year for each projection. Image source: Tampa Bay Water. Last modified : . 6 July 2021 - 4:10pm. ...

Forecasts made between 1967 and 2012 and the actual water demand (black solid line). Image source: Seattle Public Utilities. Last modified : . 6 July 2021 - 4:10pm. ...

The annual surface water availability in the Tampa Bay Water region. Image source: Tampa Bay Water. ...