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December 2018 ENSO Update: relationship advice

Emily Becker | December 12, 2018

The tropical Pacific Ocean is sending out signals, but the atmosphere has yet to respond. Our blogger gives you the scoop.

2018 Arctic Report Card: Multi-year stretch of record and near-record warmth unlike any period on record

Michon Scott | December 11, 2018

September 2018 was the second-highest on record, and all five years since 2014 have been warmer than any prior records.

2018 Arctic Report Card: Red tides and other toxic species expanding across the Arctic, increasing risks to marine mammals and humans

Michon Scott | December 11, 2018

As oceans warm, harmful algal blooms move northward into regions where populations have little or no prior exposure.

2018 Arctic Report Card: Reindeer and caribou populations continue to decline

Cody Sullivan | December 11, 2018

Reindeer and caribou abundance has declined 56 percent over the past two decades.

2018 Arctic Report Card: Visual highlights

Climate.gov Staff | December 11, 2018

From declining reindeer populations to a younger, thinner ice pack, here are four image-based stories from the 2018 Arctic Report Card.

2018 Arctic Report Card: Less than 1 percent of Arctic ice has survived four or more summers

Michon Scott | December 11, 2018

Unlike the rest of us, Arctic sea ice is younger and thinner than it was in the mid-1980s.

How tree rings tell time and climate history

Bruce Bauer | November 29, 2018

Tree rings can reveal the age of wood used to make human artifacts from famous violins to the cliff ruins of Mesa Verde, and also tell us about the climate conditions that prevailed when those trees were alive.

The Karuk's relationship with fire: Adapting to climate change on the Klamath

Miakah Nix, Kathy Lynn | November 28, 2018

Members of the Karuk Tribe in northern California maintain that the age-old tradition of prescribed burning holds the answer to climate adaptation planning in the Klamath River range.

Scientists and growers work together to help preserve a region's farming heritage

November 26, 2018

Farmers in southern Idaho pair up with NOAA-funded scientists to become more resilient to the basin's wide swings in snowpack, runoff, and groundwater recharge—today and in a warmer future.

Exploring ENSO in Ecuador

Michelle L'Heureux | November 20, 2018

What is the latest and greatest in ENSO science? This blogger travels to Guayaquil, Ecuador to find out.

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