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- Department:January 23, 2018
Test runs of experimental models for predicting winter snowpack show some success in many mountain ranges in the western United States.
- Department:December 12, 2017
Groundfish stocks in the Eastern Bering Sea are healthy at present, but a recent string of very warm summers, preceded by winters with sparse sea ice, led NOAA biologists to recommend lower catch limits for pollock—the nation's largest commercial fishery.
- Department:November 2, 2017
The interim director of NOAA's High Plains Regional Climate Center talks about partnering with tribes on the Wind River Indian Reservation to develop new tools and resources for coping with drought.
- Department:September 27, 2017
Can climate science help the construction industry save money and manage risk? With a new app, a team of scientists and construction managers aims to find out.
- Department:September 6, 2017
Malaria is among the world's deadliest diseases. Rising temperatures in Ethiopia are expanding malaria risk zones.
- Department:August 15, 2017
Using lessons from past hurricanes, a Massachusetts town safeguards its water supply and prepares its residents for a future that includes more intense weather.
- Department:April 18, 2017
Faced with the potential of a large expense related to water quality, Maine's Portland Water District had two investment choices: conservation or concrete.
- Department:March 7, 2017
After facing 5 years of drought in 15 years, partners in Washington’s Yakima River Basin developed a new water plan that aims to make farms, fish, and families in the region more resilient to climate variability and change.
- Department:December 28, 2016Trees within a city can help reduce urban heat, control stormwater, and provide habitat to local wildlife. As climate conditions change, a Chicago group is working to enhance the reilience of the city's urban forest.
- Department:November 14, 2016
Blocked for decades by an impassable dam, 11.2 miles of prime habitat are now open to endangered Caifornia coho salmon. Access to the upper stream elevations will make the salmon and steelhead trout that migrate into the Russian River watershed to spawn much more resilient to temperature and drought extremes.