The taiga is becoming more flammable, increasing the risk for intense wildfires—some so intense they overwinter in deep ash pits and re-emerge the following spring.
New USGCRP indicator based on NOAA fisheries data shows bigger shifts in the North Atlantic than the Bering Sea.
Arctic sea ice extent likely reached its annual minimum for 2020 on September 15. For the second time in the satellite record, sea ice extent dipped below 1.5 million square miles (4 million square kilometers).
A new NOAA-funded index scores U.S. states' long-term vulnerability to drought, based on a combination of sensitivity, exposure, and their ability to adapt.
The August 2020 outlook favors hotter-than-average temperatures along both coasts, while tropical moisture is likely to lead to a wetter-than-average August along the East Coast.
The reasons why some people drive or don't drive into flooded roads can be complex.
June 2020 broke the streak of each month being warmest or second warmest on record by being only the third-warmest June on record.
In a study of rainfall over land, these tamed monsters dumped more rain than any other category of Atlantic tropical cyclones, including hurricanes.
While the precipitation outlook for June is varied, the temperature outlook is one-sided, with most of the country having a higher chance for a warm June than a cool one.
A zero-emissions path would provide significant air quality benefits for the city and surrounding counties.