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September 2020 global temperature anomaly

September 2020: Another record-setting month for global heat

October 16, 2020

September 2020 was the hottest September on record for the globe, continuing a sweltering year.

Precipitation patterns during every La Niña winter since 1950

October 12, 2017

What were precipitation amounts during winter like across the U.S. during every La Niña on record? We've got the answer right here.

Heavy summer rains flood Peru

March 10, 2017

Warm ocean temperatures off the coast of Peru helped to create flooding rains across the country in late winter 2017.

Scientists link toxic algal blooms along U.S. West Coast to warm waters in the Pacific

January 23, 2017

New research links warm ocean conditions in the North Pacific to the elevated levels of a natural toxin in shellfish along the U.S. West Coast.

September 2016 tropical Pacific update

October 13, 2016

Cooler-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the central-eastern tropical Pacific ocean have continued and deepened during September as compared to August. Sea surface temperature is one criteria that climate experts use to monitor and predict La Niña—the cool phase of the ENSO climate pattern.

2016 eastern Pacific hurricane season makes up for lost time

August 12, 2016

After a slow start to the 2016 hurricane season, storms in the eastern North Pacific Ocean were plentiful during July and the beginning of August.

Strip of cool water lingering in tropical Pacific in July 2016

August 10, 2016

Climate experts are keeping their eyes on the tropical Pacific, watching a strip of cool water that may be one indicator that La Niña is brewing.

Tropical Pacific continued to cool in June 2016

July 7, 2016

With El Niño in the rearview mirror, the central tropical Pacific continued to cool in June 2016.

Will the Great Barrier Reef recover?

May 26, 2016

After a severe coral bleaching event struck the Great Barrier Reef, what does a future of climate change mean for the reef?

Fire, Fort McMurray, Canada, Wildfire, Forest fire

Climate connections to Fort McMurray fire

May 12, 2016

A massive wildfire in northern Alberta has grown out of control, causing the evacuation of Fort McMurray, a city of 80,000 people. What climate conditions fostered this unusual early-season fire?

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