Summary: Access monthly temperature and precipitation data for the western United States from 1895 through today.

Summary: Download or launch this tool to help you sift through and visualize gigabytes of weather and climate data.

Summary: Access outputs, inputs, and/or code for this carbon dioxide measuring and modeling system that tracks sources and sinks around the globe.

Summary: Compare the total warming effect of heat-trapping gases in Earth's atmosphere to their level in 1990.

Summary: Access outlook maps showing experts' judgments of chances for above-, below-, or near-average temperature and precipitation for a range of future periods. Maps also show potential hazards and conditions related to drought.

Summary: As the climate changes, populations of mosquitos, ticks, and other disease vectors may increase, survive longer, and expand into new areas when temperatures rise.

Summary: Rising temperatures and more frequent heavy precipitation events can exacerbate food and water safety risks, resulting in more frequent pathogen-related disease outbreaks, less effective water treatment, and increased exposure to contaminants.

The annual minimum was 5.02 million square kilometers (1.94 million square miles), making 2014 the sixth smallest extent in the satellite era, which began in 1979.

A new paper: "Modeling regional aerosol variability over California and its sensitivity to emissions and long-range transport during the 2010 CalNex and CARES campaigns," has been published in the ... ...

August 2014's globally averaged surface temperature and sea surface temperatures both set new records.