Forecasters are favoring the onset of El Niño conditions this fall. Our blogger gives you the details!

Warming in the West outstrips cooling in the East for a slight overall U.S. warming trend in the first month of fall.

Shaktoolik from the air. Image credit: © Stefan Tangen. Used with permission. Page/s that contain this image :. Defending in Place: Shaktoolik's Adaptation Plan Supports Local Decision Making. Last mo ...

Wildfires are burning larger and more intensely than before, emitting smoke that poses a health risk to people. FIREX will provide information about what chemicals smoke emits in order to keep people healthy. 

The September 2018 temperature and precipitation Outlooks for the United States predict warmer than average temperatures for much of the country and wetter than average conditions for the central Plains and eastern seaboard.

The 15 years from 1998–2012 were the warmest on record at that time, but the rate of global surface warming was slower than it had been in the 2-3 decades prior thanks to several natural influences. Meanwhile, the ocean's heating imbalance continued to climb.

The most likely explanation for the lack of significant warming at the Earth’s surface in the past decade or so is that natural climate cycles caused shifts in ocean circulation patterns that moved some excess heat into the deep ocean.

Hot, dry conditions turned northern Europe brown during the summer of 2018.

An upcoming agency-wide General Modeling Meeting and Fair serves as an important milestone in bringing together the modeling community to build on NOAA's recent efforts to improve its models of our .. ...

Richmond's citizen-scientists took to the streets on specially equipped bikes and cars to find out where it’s hottest—and where residents might be most vulnerable to extreme urban heat.