Most models project that further warming will decrease the total number of Atlantic hurricanes, but increase the number of very strong storms.
Two NOAA hurricane experts explain why it’s still so hard to say whether global warming to date has affected the number or intensity of Atlantic hurricanes.
Forecasts provide an opportunity for us to reduce other stress on ocean life and prepare communities for economic impacts.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information recaps the 2021 climate for the United States.
The December 2021 climate outlook favors a warmer-than-average end to 2021 for much of the country, with odds tilted towards a drier-than-average December for the Southeast
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.
But lower emissions will reduce the intensity of the driest years of megadrought events.