is consistent with an unusual phenomenon that she encountered while on a research cruise in the Chukchi Sea in the first part of July: a massive bloom of phytoplankton stretching up to 100 kilometers ...

circulation of the tropical Pacific will change. Remember: the background state of the atmosphere in the tropical Pacific—the Walker Circulation—is fueled by the difference in sea surface temperature ...

s report,. A large area of extreme to exceptional drought dominated the Southern Plains early in the year, before improving during the summer, when drought intensified across Oregon and adjacent parts ...

the amount of sunlight reaching the surface. Learn more. Whereas aerosols linger in the atmosphere from days to a few weeks, heat-trapping gases that we add to the atmosphere linger from decades to ce ...

s other hydrologists were able to visualize how precipitation and river flows have changed in recent decades. This enabled them to plan a road that would not readily be destroyed by the river-floodpla ...

over the next four months that is similar to what we saw during global coral bleaching events in 1998 and 2010," Eakin explained. "We're really concerned that 2015 may bring the third global coral ble ...

on new maps of vegetation greenness from the Suomi NPP satellite, the images show that plants in the region—the heart of the U. S. winter wheat croplands—"measured" dramatically different climate cond ...

of the Climate. What is the Difference Between Weather and Climate. Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States. Is the Breathing of the World's Ocean Choking Marine Life? Limiting the Magnitud ...

Links: CIA World Factbook: Africa FEWSNET Food Insecurity Maps: East Africa Role of Drought in the Horn of Africa Famine IRI Seasonal Forecasts. Maps by Hunter Allen, based on NOAA Climate Prediction ...

of the University of Maine, a wide range of elevations lost their cool temperature protection in the past three decades, with 10-day average minimum temperatures now becoming warmer than the critical ...