A Q & A about the science of detecting the influence of global warming on hurricanes, fires, and other extreme events.
A new NOAA-sponsored report shows that unprecedented warming air temperature in 2016 triggered massive declines in sea ice and snow cover across the Arctic, and brought a record-breaking delay to fall sea ice freeze up. Learn more through our image highlights of the 2016 Arctic Report Card.
Providing more timely and accurate information over the western hemisphere, total lightning mapping, and higher resolution images streaming down from space more often, the new GOES satellite marks the first major redesign of the nation’s operational Earth-observing technology in more than 20 years.
Deadly, record-breaking hurricane hits Central America in November
November 30, 2016
Multi-year drought in California has been joined this summer and fall by extreme and exceptional drought across the Southeast and moderate to severe drought in parts of New England.
Blocked for decades by an impassable dam, 11.2 miles of prime habitat are now open to endangered Caifornia coho salmon. Access to the upper stream elevations will make the salmon and steelhead trout that migrate into the Russian River watershed to spawn much more resilient to temperature and drought extremes.
Rick Potts of the Smithsonian Institution discusses the role of climate variation in the evolution of our ancestors.
The world's oldest mummies have been infected with a destructive black ooze. Climate change may be responsible.
The mid-October windstorm in the Pacific Northwest
October 28, 2016