Data from the IBTrACS database for more than 6,000 global tropical cyclones allows users to interactively study past hurricanes, looking at position, wind speed, and pressure.

Time series of global surface temperatures for land, ocean, or land and ocean combined compared to long-term climate averages.

View maps of average monthly wind speed and direction for the contiguous United States from 1979 to the present.

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Fish nursery. Bird sanctuary. Storm surge blocker. Maryland’s Blackwater Marsh Wildlife Refuge is all those things and more. And it could be completely underwater by the end of this century. A team of ecologists and climate experts is determined to find and conserve migration corridors for the critical wetland ecosystem.

The Evaporative Stress Index (ESI) describes temporal anomalies in evapotranspiration (ET), highlighting areas with anomalously high or low rates of water use across the land surface. Source : ...

Summary: In the growing season, farmers and ranchers keep a watchful eye for any sign of drought. Early warning information can increase their range of options for dealing with the lack of water.

Summary: As precipitation patterns change with changing climate, communities that rely on climate-sensitive aquifers may turn to models to help them manage water supplies.

As California's wet season began in December 2014, it seemed the atmosphere had finally remembered how to rain on the West Coast. Does this mean we can finally stop talking about the drought?

This map shows Lake Mendota water levels for (a) a normal summer, (b) a 100-year flood, and (c) the projected level if a June 2008 storm system that occurred over the Baraboo River watershed had inste ...