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Climate & skiing

Michon Scott | November 19, 2018

From retreating snow elevations to rain-soaked powder, warming due to human-caused climate change will radically transform U.S. skiing over the remainder of the twenty-first century.

Hot, dry summer and slow start to wet season primed California for November 2018 fires

Tom Di Liberto | November 15, 2018

Hot, dry and windy weather helped create the conditions needed for wildfires to explode in northern and southern California in November 2018.

No safe haven for coral from the combined impacts of warming and ocean acidification

Rebecca Lindsey | November 13, 2018

Corals reefs face double threats from rising atmospheric carbon dioxide: severe heat stress and ocean acidification. NOAA researchers have produced maps of future changes in both threats to allow managers to identify the most vulnerable reefs.

November 2018 ENSO Update: (Just a little bit of ) history repeating

Emily Becker | November 8, 2018

The east-central equatorial Pacific is warmer than average, but El Niño hasn’t arrived quite yet. What’s the ENSO latest?

Talking with IPCC Vice-chair Ko Barrett: On climate change and consensus building

Tom Di Liberto | November 6, 2018

Ko Barrett, a Vice Chair of the IPCC, answers questions about the group's recent special report on what 1.5°C of global warming will mean for people, ecosystems, and economies.

Behind the curtains of NOAA's monthly global climate report

Ahira Sánchez-Lugo | November 1, 2018

Climatologists don’t make house calls, but they do provide answers about why keeping track of Earth’s vitals is so important. Here’s a quick Q&A.

What will average U. S. temperatures look like in future Octobers?

Rebecca Lindsey | October 31, 2018

This animated gif shows how October average temperatures in the contiguous United States are projected to change in coming decades if global carbon dioxide emissions continue along a high-emissions pathway.