Two islands in the Pacific - American Samoa and Palau - sit nearly 4,000 miles apart, but are united by the rich ocean waters that surround them. Two islands in the Pacific - American Samoa and Palau ...

La Niña's here through winter, but chances for ENSO to transition to neutral by spring are rising.

U. S. just had its 4th-hottest November and year to date on record. ...

Open grant opportunity: NOAA Gulf of Mexico B-WET Program. ...

The contiguous United States was warmer than average virtually coast to coast in November 2020, and much of the country was also drier than average.

Summary: This online resource presents legal and policy tools, best and emerging practices, and case studies to support peer learning and decision making around managed retreat and climate adaptation.

Sea ice loss and extreme wildfires mark another year of Arctic change. ...

August sea surface temperatures in the Arctic are rising by as much as 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) per decade. 

Despite a few cold spots, it was the the second-warmest year on record Arctic wide. Since 2000, Arctic temperatures have been more than twice as far above average as the planet as a whole. 

Between September 2019 and August 2020, the rate of ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet was much lower that the record set the previous 12-month period, but but still above the 2002–2020 average. Overall, Greenland continues to lose ice.