January 1, 1984 – December 31, 2017 Wildfires in the western United States have been spreading to higher elevations due to warmer and drier conditions.…
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Improving Projections, Predictions and Protection in the Face of Expected Sea Level Rise A new assessment of flood risk in Venice indicates that the impact…
[embedded content]Hurricane Ida off the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 hurricane on the morning of Sunday, August 29th at 10:13am (CDT) right before making…
August 30, 2021 Preliminary reports suggest it is the fifth-strongest storm ever to make landfall in the continental U.S. Exactly 16 years after Katrina made…
Surface ocean temperatures simulated at unprecedented resolution using a coupled atmosphere-ocean model. The extensive wavy cold structure in the equatorial Pacific corresponds to a tropical…
August 20 – 21, 2021 Flash floods occur when persistent heavy rain causes small creeks, channels, and streams to swell rapidly. On August 21, 2021,…
August 19 – 23, 2021 Intense rain fell on Northeast U.S. soils that were already saturated. Henri did not reach the northeast U.S. coast at…
August 12, 2021 August 15, 2021 The island’s vast ice sheet underwent multiple bouts of widespread melting this summer, exacerbated in August 2021 by rain.…
August 19, 2021 Several destructive fires have charred landscapes in northern California, and their emissions are adding up. The worst of California’s fire season typically…
August 20, 2021 The strengthening storm could reach southern New England with hurricane or near-hurricane strength winds. Heavy winds, rain, and storm surge threaten the…
A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice. Credit: NOAA July 2021 has earned the…
The cold snap struck North America’s mid-west and deep south in February 2021, resulting in the coldest recorded temperatures in almost a century in Texas.…
A first global assessment using satellite observations shows that for two-thirds of the world, afforestation increases low-level cloud cover, with the effect being strongest over…
This map was generated using data from Copernicus Sentinel-3’s Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer. While weather forecasts use predicted air temperatures, this satellite instrument…
Smoke billowing from several fires along the southern coast of Turkey, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on July 30, 2021. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel…
North Atlantic Ocean Currents. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The AMOC, a system of ocean currents influencing weather patterns globally and responsible…
Interest in African dust began over 50 years ago when it was discovered that it was frequently transported across the Atlantic in great quantities. New…
July 15, 2021 In 2000, atmospheric scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) first reported that smoke plumes from intense wildfires could spawn towering thunderstorms that…
Climate change is driving a large increase in intense, slow-moving storms, a new study by Newcastle University and the Met Office has found. Investigating how…
August 17, 2019 August 17, 2019 Ever-warmer summers are among the challenges confronting athletes competing in the Olympic Games. As the 2021 Olympic Games opened…