Large swells from the north-northeast arrived at the same time as an unusually high tide in Majuro, capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, in March 2014. The resulting water level inundated ...

More than 1,000 islands and islets near the equator comprise the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The bottom map shows the average locations of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) during ...

La Niña is forecast to hang on for just a few more months. Meanwhile, November was an active month in the tropics.

The center of this branching coral appears colorful and healthy, yet the outer tips are bleached white. Coral polyps on the outer branches have expelled their symbiotic algae, losing a source of food ...

Invasive insects can have a large negative impact on wildlands. For example, infestation by the hemlock wooly adelgid resulted in this loss of hemlock across the lower slopes of the Linville Gorge Wil ...

Summary: Create an integrated package of climate change adaptation information tailored specifically to your geographic location and/or area of interest.

Summary: Changing ocean conditions pose an increasing threat to the health and resilience of coral reefs. Across the two Samoas—American Samoa and the Independent State of Samoa—people are planning to protect these important ecosystems.

Summary: Compared to other extreme events, drought is a relatively quiet disaster. On Pacific Islands, where water supply depends very directly on precipitation, residents are working to recognize signs of drought and communicate them to others so that they can respond quickly.

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 ...