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Climate Impacts
Department:April 24, 2018Extremely dry and windy conditions helped rapidly grow and spread wildfires across Oklahoma in April 2018.
Department:April 20, 2018A dry winter set the stage for widespread and severe drought across the Southwest and Southern Plains.
Department:April 16, 2018A lack of persistent sea ice in waters around the Bering Strait this winter disrupted travel, damaged roads and other infrastructure, and prevented traditional hunting and fishing in several coastal communities in western Alaska.
Department:April 11, 2018Usually a winter phenomenon, another late-season atmospheric river brings soaking rains to northern California.
Department:April 9, 2018A recent analysis of 276 National Parks found that about three-quarters of them are experiencing earlier springs. The changes in when leaves and flowers emerge affect not just pollinators, but also park staff, who have to budget and prepare for earlier visitors.
Department:April 2, 2018Global warming will make heat waves hotter, longer, and more frequent. Communities in the U.S. West and the Great Lakes region may have the least time to prepare.
Department:March 22, 2018In this week's ENSO blog, Tom DiLiberto gets all judgy over the 2017-2018 Winter Outlook—using science of course.
Department:February 22, 2018How this winter's temperature swings may have been partially driven by the Madden Julian Oscillation or MJO.
Department:February 21, 2018A lack of precipitation across the southern and western United States has led to growing drought this winter.
Department:February 7, 2018Capetonians face the prospect of their taps being turned off in the wake of poor precipitation.
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