Summary: People who live on low-lying islands are reminded daily of the threat they face from coastal flooding. An unexpected disaster prompted a community in the Republic of the Marshall Islands to consider how to notify people of potential events and help them know how to respond.

This manual describes a method developed by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University for climate vulnerability mapping that can be applied to any ...

Published : . December 2015. This peer-reviewed scientific assessment identifies climate change effects on global food security. Climate change is likely to diminish continued progres ...

Published : . August 2016. This document provides final guidance for federal agencies on how to consider the impacts of their actions on global climate change in their National Enviro ...

Community Rating System Explorer app. Source : . Community Rating System Explorer. Page/s that contain this image : . Coastal Resilience Decision Support System. Last ...

Summary: Explore questions related to climate change impacts on human health through this online database of global scientific literature on the topic.

Providing more timely and accurate information over the western hemisphere, total lightning mapping, and higher resolution images streaming down from space more often, the new GOES satellite marks the first major redesign of the nation’s operational Earth-observing technology in more than 20 years. 

While the U.S. was observing Thanksgiving last week, Costa Rica was facing the first landfalling hurricane on record for the Central American country.

Published : . November 2016. This report examines efforts to develop and implement climate-adaptation projects in 17 cities across the United States. It also presents interviews and i ...

Are sea surface temperatures located north of the equator important for El Niño or La Niña development?  Yes!  Introducing the Pacific Meridional Mode.