October 2020: Hot and dry likely for much of the country
Rotator Image: The latest maps from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center show where October 2020 is forecast to be much hotter and drier than average in the U.S. It's not a great outlook for the...
View ArticleIn search of cooler waters, marine species are shifting northward or diving...
The American blue economy, which are resources and services provided by the oceans, contributed about $373 billion to the economy in 2018, and fisheries play a large role in that. Climate change,...
View ArticleOctober 2020: “Only” the fourth-warmest October on record
Rotator Image: October 2020 was the fourth warmest October on record dating back to 1880, which makes it the lowest-ranked month so far in 2020.Category: Climate Change & Global WarmingNatural...
View ArticleA warm pool in the Indo-Pacific Ocean has almost doubled in size, changing...
Due to human-caused climate change, our planet’s ocean has been heating up at a rate of 0.06 degrees C (0.11 degrees F) per decade over the past century. But this warming isn’t uniform. In fact, recent...
View ArticleNovember 2020: The year is ending as it began, on a hot streak
Rotator Image: November 2020 was the second-warmest November on record, which increases 2020's chance of becoming the warmest year on record to over 50%.Category: Climate Change & Global...
View ArticleEighth-warmest December on record helps 2020 end as second-hottest year on...
Rotator Image: Despite the influence of La Niña, December 2020 was the eighth-hottest December on record helping 2020 become the second-hottest year on record. Category: Climate Change & Global...
View ArticleA conversation with polar oceanographer Rebecca Jackson
Rotator Image: 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...
View ArticleClimate change is probably increasing the intensity of tropical cyclones
Rotator Image: A panel of hurricane experts reviewed more than 90 research studies on the observed and projected changes in tropical cyclones for an updated summary of what the science says about the...
View ArticleJune 2021 was fifth-warmest on record
Rotator Image: Record-warm temperatures over land combined with a sixth-warmest June for the oceans to make June 2021 the fifth-warmest June since records began in 1880.Category: Observing &...
View ArticleRelease of the IPCC 6th Assessment Report Working Group 1
Rotator Image: The conclusions from the Physical Science Basis report from Working Group 1 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are clear: climate change is already affecting nearly...
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