As far back as August 2010, NOAA's seasonal climate models predicted that rainfall would be heavier than normal across Indonesia and Southeast Asia in early 2011. The cause? La Niña.
March 2011 Ice Extent Second Lowest on Record
April 14, 2011
Large-scale shifting of the weight of the atmosphere between mid- and high latitudes creates climate patterns known as the Arctic and North Atlantic Oscillations. These patterns have a big influence on winter weather in the Eastern U.S.
How did this year’s storms compare to the worst in recent history?
The arrival of Hurricane Isabel in 2003 flooded the retirement home of a Chesapeake Bay couple. With sea level around the Chesapeake Bay rising faster than the global average, how are coastal residents planning for change?
More than 90 percent of the warming that has happened on Earth over the past 50 years has occurred in the ocean. Not all of that heating is detectable yet at the surface
Present since the last ice age, most of the world's glaciers are now shrinking or disappearing altogether as the climate gets warmer.
Influence of El Niño and La Niña on Southwest Rainfall
February 11, 2011
Dry Winter in the Southwest
February 10, 2011