continue to rise. These maps, adapted from the U. S. National Climate Assessment issued in May 2014, show historical and projected patterns in the number of consecutive dry days experienced in differe ...

climate warming related to the increased abundance of heat-trapping (greenhouse) gases in the atmosphere from human burning of coal, oil, and gas. Because greenhouse gases stay in the atmosphere for m ...

here, here, here and here). Let's start with the temperatures. The Winter Outlook, which came out in November 2017 predicted a tilt in the odds towards warmer than average conditions across the southe ...

during the June 6 edition. And we will likely see continued drought improvement across the state in the next Drought Monitor, which will come out later this week. Be sure to can check it out in Data S ...

La Niña and neutral in the January-March average. Conditions in the tropical Pacific ocean- atmosphere system have been consistent with La Niña for long enough that, in November, one of our frequent re ...

however, snow extent was extremely variable. During May, a new record low snow extent was set in Eurasia at 27 percent below average, and the continent's June snow cover extent tied for the second low ...

is that if the Sun's energy output had intensified, we would expect all layers of Earth's atmosphere to have warmed. But we don't see that. Rather, satellites and observations from weather balloons sh ...

s warming is mainly due to humans increasing the abundance of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. [1]. Today's warming is occurring much more quickly than previous interglacial episodes. In transit ...

water supplies, devastated crops and rangeland, and disrupted wetland and river ecosystems. In the near-term, the best hope for drought relief in Texas and the Southeast would be a slow-moving tropica ...

causing-drought feedback loop is solidly underway across much of the United States, especially in the Southern Plains. The maps above show the drought status in the heart of the country on August 7 (l ...