Summary: Reduced air quality—from increased ozone and particulates, smoke from more frequent wildfires, and increased pollen levels—is associated with many health issues, including more frequent hospital admissions and emergency department visits for asthma.

Summary: Increased storm activity—including more severe and frequent flooding and higher, more far-reaching storm surge—will result in increased physical and mental health hazards.

Summary: Coastal erosion has repeatedly damaged bike paths and parking lots near Ventura, California. It took local groups with varying viewpoints more than a decade to agree upon a strategy, but the first phase of their solution is now complete.

NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and co-located World Data Center for Geophysics and the International Tsunami Information Center, a UNESCO/IOC-NOAA partnership, have collaborated to pro ...

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Significant flooding in New Orleans resulted from heavy rains associated with Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the city's flood protection systems. Source :. Wikipedia Commons. New Orleans, Louisi ...

Steve Piotrowicz, program manager at CPO's Office of Climate Observation joined the crew of the R/V Tangaroa in mid-June for a Deep Argo Development cruise. The R/V Tangaroa, operated by New ... ...

Steve Piotrowicz, program manager at CPO's Office of Climate Observation joined the crew of the R/V Tangaroa in mid-June for a Deep Argo Development cruise. The R/V Tangaroa, operated by New ... ...

Summary: Ecosystems that are already stressed by habitat loss, pollution, and human harvesting are increasingly sensitive to the impacts of climate change.

Summary: The impacts of climate change increase the frequency of ecological disturbances. These disturbances present opportunities for invasive species to become established and spread.