Published : . December 2014. According to this NOAA-sponsored study, natural oceanic and atmospheric patterns are the primary drivers behind California's ongoing drought. URL ...

Published : . December 2014. The American Planning Association's Hazards Planning Center worked with FEMA to develop Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery: Next Generation. This updated ...

Published : . August 2015. This document identifies seven key steps to increase production, delivery, and use of climate-related information to support the management of fish stocks, ...

Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston was one of the strongest storms to make landfall anywhere on Earth since modern records began in the 1970s.

Three papers funded by CPO's Climate Observation Division (a Review Article, Perspective, and Correspondence) appeared in the February Issue of Nature Climate Change addressing monitoring and ... ...

If you're thinking of bemoaning today's weather, comfort yourself with some history: today's the anniversary of the most severe Northeast snowstorm in the historical record. Guest blogger Mike Squires talks about how the February 22-26, 1969, snowstorm ranks head and shoulders above any other storm to hit the region since records began in 1900. 

Published :. January 2015. Western Water Assessment, in collaboration with the University of Colorado Boulder and Colorado State University, conducted a broad study of climate vulnerability for the st ...

Published : . January 2016. Climate. gov's El Niño-Southern Oscillation—or ENSO—page provides information on the current status of El Niño and La Niña, plus links to forecasts, maps, ...

Lobsters . Fresh-caught Maine lobsters. Source : . Confronting Changing Climate Conditions: A Lobster Community Adapts through Participatory Planning (video). Still image from vid ...

January 2016 became the ninth month in a row to set a new record-warmest monthly temperature.