A warmer-than-average start to spring is favored for the central and eastern United States while a drier-than-average March is likely across the southern tier of the contiguous U.S.
Averaged across the land and ocean, January 2021 was the seventh-hottest January on record dating back to 1880.
To better predict sea level rise, Rebecca Jackson wants to describe exactly what happens where liquid ocean meets the icy underside of glaciers. But how do you study a glacier that could calve a dangerous iceberg at any moment?
Top-10 warmest January for contiguous U.S., Great Lakes ice cover well below average
Our planet’s history includes episodes of cold so extreme that glaciers reached sea level in equatorial regions.
A single sensor deployed on a light-rail public train could provide as much information about the city's carbon dioxide emissions as 30 stationary monitoring stations, at a fraction of the cost.
The February 2021 outlook favors a colder- and wetter-than-average month for much of the northern and central United States.
New website features more interactive content and easy-to-understand graphics describing current and predicted drought conditions.
Despite the influence of La Niña, December 2020 was the eighth-hottest December on record helping 2020 become the second-hottest year on record.
2020 was the second-warmest year on record for the globe overall, and land areas were record warm.