Published : . December 2014. In support of the Eugene-Springfield Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan, staff from the cities of Eugene and Springfield, Oregon, with s ...

Published : . January 2015. It is becoming increasingly apparent that regional economic prosperity is linked to an area's ability to prevent, withstand, and quickly recover from major ...

Published : . November 2016. Emeryville is the first city in California's Bay Area to update its Climate Action Plan and align its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets with the Stat ...

Published : . June 2014. This plan evaluates the risks that different hazards pose to Berkeley and engages the community in dialogue to identify the most important steps that the city ...

Uncommonly large wildfires for so late in the season devastated parts of southern California, especially in areas around Los Angeles.

Now in its sixth year, a NOAA-led report published by the American Meteorological Society provides the results of more than two dozen studies of various extreme weather and climate events in 2016 and the role global warming did or didn't play in them.  

La Nina conditions are solidly in place, and are expected to affect global weather through the winter.

Published : . May 2015. This document guides federal land managers in the effective and efficient use of available resources and engaging public and private partnerships in taking act ...

"Flash drought" has become a popular term in the media, but the debate of what a flash drought really is has caused confusion that affects scientists' ability to detect their onset, monitor their ... ...

In many parts of North America, a fluctuating air-pressure pattern that enhances or blocks the storm-steering jet stream, called the Arctic Oscillation (AO), explains more variability in the ... ...