Summary: This compilation of user-contributed data resources can help natural and cultural resource managers research and plan responses to the challenges of climate change in the Pacific Northwest.

Mike Halpert from the Climate Prediction Center grades the winter forecast. Temperature outlooks fared quite well, but precipitation forecasts were not that great. The mediocre precipitation scores were partly because forecasts were counting on tropical atmospheric responses to El Niño, which didn’t emerge until late in the season.

Summary: This online resource connects climate change science with planning language for forest managers, providing quotations from peer-reviewed climate change literature for use in forest planning documents.

Moderate flooding in the coastal Northeast and temperatures in the upper third of the historical record for the West are key predictions from NOAA's 2015 Spring Climate Outlook.

The United States has plenty of warming wiggle room before it gets too warm to snow, and a wetter atmosphere may boost snow totals for some storms.  

A map of snow depth across Alaska on March 9 shows the reason for the re-route of the historic sled dog race.

Williams Water Treatment Plant reservoir in Durham, North Carolina. Source : . Wikimedia Commons. Photo credit: Ildar Sagdejev. Page/s that contain this image : . Municipal ...

Wetland habitat in the Dutch Slough Tidal Marsh, part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta ecosystem, was severely impaired by pollution, invasive species, and hydrological modifications. The Californi ...

A cotton field outside Phoenix, near Goodyear, Arizona. Source : . Wikimedia Commons. Photo credit: Jennifer A. Johnson. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page/s that contain ...

The Stickney Water Reclamation Plant near Chicago, Illinois. Source : . Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Page/s that contain this imag ...