Using a combination of observations and models, NOAA-funded scientists have found a small but significant “advanced warning” signal for heightened summer tornado activity in the U.S.: warmer-than-average water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico
2016-2017 U.S. Winter Outlook
October 20, 2016
Record-breaking hurricane Matthew causes devastation
October 18, 2016
The ozone hole didn't cause global warming, but climate and the ozone hole are related in other ways.
For New Englanders, the saying “as American as apple pie” may as well be “as New England as lobster.” But warming sea surface temperatures from climate change are forcing populations of the American lobster to higher latitudes than ever before—and upending fishing communities on the New England coast.
Northwest Passage clear of ice again in 2016
September 16, 2016
Arctic sea ice ties for second lowest in 2016
September 15, 2016
The tropical Pacific has cooled since the end of El Niño this spring, but the pace of cooling had slowed as of August.