likely to worsen this century due to the buildup of human-emitted heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere (like carbon dioxide and methane). The threat of global warming brings a clear and present dange ...

within the ENSO-neutral range between -0.5 and +0.5 °C. ENSO is a coupled system, meaning the atmosphere and ocean in the tropical Pacific both exhibit characteristic changes and affect each other—che ...

years' worth of accumulations, not in 24 hours. Rare events often mean that not only did the atmosphere look incredibly different than normal, but also that a series of strange events coincided with e ...

not occurring until May, the average March rainfall at Surat Thani, on the Malay Peninsula in southern Thailand, is less than 2 inches. In March 2011, it was more than 30 inches, most of it falling in ...

above-normal rainfall between January and May, and this could last into this year's rainy season in April and May if El Niño conditions last that long. Alessandra Giannini: Weakened trade winds associ ...

why one region differs from another takes an understanding about interactions among the atmosphere, the ocean, and even human decisions. Sometimes, being climate-smart can be as complex as the climate ...

have positive or negative effects on plant and animal habitat. To learn more, see Precipitation in the 2022 Arctic Report Card. Maps by NOAA Climate. gov, adapted from the 2022 Arctic Report Card, bas ...

and the Western wildfires ($10.9 billion). Adding the 2021 events to the record that began in 1980, the U. S. has sustained 310 weather and climate disasters where the overall damage costs reached or ...

re down in the safety of the footnotes, it's time to nerd out. I'm employing a strategy also used in this blog post (click here) called least-squares linear regression. ENSO and the AO are not well co ...

video can be used in a variety of types of lessons: geography, climate change, environmental science, or anthropology. For middle school students, it might be a bit long and dry - educator needs to un ...