El Niño and La Niña, climate forecasters pay careful attention to the sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The map at right shows where average sea surface temperatures in June 2016 ...

is changing, which is changing the frequency of extreme events, such as the current drought, in ways that can only partially be anticipated. I would like to highlight another factor that has contribut ...

ice this spring in the Chukchi Sea, off northwest Alaska, is breaking up and melting earlier and much more extensively than is typical for May. While small areas of open water in this region during mi ...

for Policymakers, the IPCC concluded:. It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere ...

the sources of the information. A static visualization demonstrating evidence that atmospheric CO2 has increased since the Industrial Revolution. The page provides the key sources of data and informa ...

and emission reduction solutions. For instance, growing plants to remove carbon from the atmosphere, and storing that carbon in soils as beneficial organic matter, provides atmospheric benefits; it al ...

the Climate: Sea level. 2013 State of the Climate: Sea surface temperature. State of the Climate in 2013: Spotlight on authors. 2013 State of the Climate: Snow in the Northern Hemisphere. 2013 State o ...

phytoplankton called Pseudo-nitzschia, have led to closures of recreational razor clam harvests in Oregon and Washington, as well as closing of large portions of the Washington state Dungeness crab fi ...

visualizations on climate change indicators, including:. * Greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere. * Temperatures across land and sea. * Extent of Arctic sea ice. The platform also provides links to ...

for other videos. This short video introduces the idea of global warming through increased CO2 emissions and how this may impact the Earth through climate change. Scientific strengths: Outlines sourc ...