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Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments team provides climate science expertise to Air Force risk assessment

February 25, 2020

Incorporating regional climate impacts into large national hazard assessments provides critical context for building resilient infrastructure. ...

Different forces drive storm-induced sea level spikes on U. S. East, Gulf coasts, says CPO-funded study

February 13, 2020

Using a new powerful NOAA global climate model, NOAA and partner researchers show that big spikes in daily coastal sea levels will increase in the future from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic coast as . ...

February 2020 ENSO update: mind reading

Emily Becker | February 13, 2020

The surface of the tropical Pacific has been warmer than average for a few months now, but ENSO-neutral conditions are still in place. Our blogger takes a journey into the mind of an ENSO forecaster. It’s her own mind, but that still counts.

Something the U. S. can (mostly) agree on: January 2020 was warmer than average

Rebecca Lindsey | February 11, 2020

Although exact temperatures varied by latitude and elevation, January 2020 temperatures were above average for nearly every U.S. climate division of the Lower 48 states.

Temperature and precipitation outlooks for February 2020

Rebecca Lindsey | February 5, 2020

Across a wide swath of the United States from the Gulf Coast to the Mid-Atlantic, February is more likely to be above average than below average in terms of both temperature and precipitation.

Just published: Methane emissions from regional oil and gas production can be observed from space

February 4, 2020

Methane is the second most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas in the atmosphere after carbon dioxide, with U. S. oil and natural gas supply chain methane emissions, in particular, making up ... ...

A conversation with Danielle Claar: NOAA Postdoc, marine scientist, diver

John Dos Passos Coggin | February 4, 2020

Climate.gov talks with scientific scuba diver and marine scientist Danielle Claar, an early career scientist with a passion for everything ocean—from tide pools to coral reefs.

Isn't there a lot of disagreement among climate scientists about global warming?

David Herring | February 3, 2020

No. By a large majority, climate scientists agree that average global temperature today is warmer than in pre-industrial times, and that human activity is the primary contributing factor.

NOAA unveils expanded and enhanced Climate Explorer

January 30, 2020

The new version aims to improve support for local planners, policy leaders, and facility and resource managers by giving people a way to explore conditions projected for their locations in the ... ...

Anticipating more activity in the Arctic, NOAA invests in research to advance sea ice forecasting

Michon Scott | January 29, 2020

A new crop of studies funded by NOAA's Climate Program Office explores a range of questions about sea ice forecasting, including one of the most basic: how far ahead is it even possible to predict it?

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