In December 2021, our nation’s most destructive winter tornado outbreak caused 89 fatalities and 672 injuries. New research finds the outbreak occurred under a prolonged negative Pacific-North American pattern.
A researcher with the western Climate Adaptation Partnerships team California Nevada Adaptations Program has drawn on existing literature to develop 10 key tasks of communication amidst coastal relocation.
Building on decades of progress in El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) modeling, researchers have developed a new model that provides accurate ENSO forecasts as much as 16–18 months in advance.
Scientists have released plans for an international effort to better predict of processes in the tropical Pacific and thereby better understand processes central to global weather and climate.
New research indicates the rapid increase in the rate of sea level rise along the U.S. Southeast Coast since 2010 is due partly to natural variability factors, and that the rate of sea level rate might slow in the next five years.
Global temperatures were record warm for the 13th consecutive month, tying for the longest record-warm global temperature streak on record.
Record-breaking heat waves impacted tens of millions of people in several parts of the country.
ENSO is taking some time off, but there's a 79% chance of La Niña later this year. The ENSO Blog is always in session, bringing you the scoop on the current forecast.
Sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic are more hurricane-friendly so far this season than in the record-setting 2020 season.
NOAA will investigate persistent air pollution problems bedeviling the nation’s two largest Mountain West metro regions, Denver and Salt Lake City, in new research projects in July 2024.