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Co-producing new knowledge systems for resilient and just coastal cities

January 18, 2025

Changing knowledge systems through co-production can enhance capacity to diagnose, visualize, anticipate, and respond to changes in the future in coastal cities.

New article on use of weather and climate products in wildland fire decision-making in the US Southwest

January 18, 2025

The convergence of climate change, past wildland fire policy, and an expanding wildland–urban interface have increased pressure on wildland fire managers to use science-based information to improve management outcomes.

NOAA awards $700,000 to communities, academia for extreme heat planning, research

January 18, 2025

Ten communities have received a total of $200,000 for developing manuals for extreme heat response planning, and $500,000 in funding will go to Duke University’s Heat Policy Innovation Hub for heat policy research and outreach.

NOAA Establishes Climate Services Advisory Committee

January 17, 2025

New Federal Advisory Committee members will provide feedback to improve NOAA’s climate tools and services.

Another blast of Arctic air: this time, with a stretched but strong polar vortex

Amy Butler, Laura Ciasto | January 16, 2025

The cold air outbreak forecasted for the coming weekend has a stronger hint of a polar vortex connection than the last one.

Scientists turn to artificial intelligence to assess the warming effect of reduced pollution

January 14, 2025

A global reduction in sulfur pollution from shipping that has inadvertently contributed to recent warming of the Earth is providing insights into the challenge of evaluating marine cloud brightening.

New NOAA system ushers in next generation of hurricane modeling, forecasting

January 14, 2025

NOAA’s newest hurricane model, the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS), advanced the accuracy of hurricane forecasts and supported community preparedness actions during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.

Improving prediction of Arctic outbreaks across the Northern Hemisphere

January 11, 2025

New research confirms that, even as the Arctic warms faster than the rest of the world, cold-air outbreaks from the polar region will continue across the Northern Hemisphere in the coming decades.

2024 was warmest year in the modern record for the globe

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | January 10, 2025

Earth had its warmest year on record, while upper-ocean heat content also experienced a record high.

2024: An active year of U. S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters

Adam B. Smith | January 10, 2025

With Hurricane Helene at the top of the list, there were 27 disasters in the United States in 2024 that individually cost $1 billion or more. It was the second-highest number since the NOAA record began in 1980.

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