The 2022 melt season on the Greenland Ice Sheet started slowly, but ended late, with multiple melt spikes in September.
Unusually large, late melt spike on Greenland in September 2022
September 23, 2022
Global surface temperature was among the 6 warmest years on record, despite a "double-dip" La Niña event that chilled the Pacific much of the year.
Trend expected to continue into 2023 and beyond.
Use this interactive map to browse a collection of animated gifs showing monthly sea level at U.S. tide-monitoring stations over their lifetimes.
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Greenland has lost ice mass every year since 1998. Losses in 2021 would have added about 0.2 millimeters to global sea level.
In a tweet chat featuring four NOAA marine experts, learn about the National Marine Ecosystem Status website, how to use it, and why you should care about the health of marine ecosystems.
Costly and inconvenient, high-tide flooding of coastal communities is on the rise. Thanks to higher water levels from El Niño and sea level rise, the number of high-tide flood days in 2018 is projected to be 60% higher this year than would have been common around 2000. Find out what's predicted for your city in this interactive map.
Amazingly, ENSO doesn't just impact climate anomalies like temperature and precipitation over the United States. It can also influence the sea level, which may have major implications as the sea level continues to rise in the future.