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An upcoming agency-wide General Modeling Meeting and Fair serves as an important milestone in bringing together the modeling community to build on NOAA's recent efforts to improve its models of our .. ...

Richmond's citizen-scientists took to the streets on specially equipped bikes and cars to find out where it’s hottest—and where residents might be most vulnerable to extreme urban heat.

While the western United States baked under high temperatures, the eastern United States has been getting increasingly soggy this summer.

Amazingly, ENSO doesn't just impact climate anomalies like temperature and precipitation over the United States.  It can also influence the sea level, which may have major implications as the sea level continues to rise in the future.  

In addition to carbon dioxide emissions, seasonal changes can alter ocean acidity. Higher ocean acidity can impact people's food, income, and industry. 

Unusually persistent harmful algal blooms have plagued fresh and salt water environments in southern Florida during the summer 2018. 

Our blogger discusses the current ENSO forecast. I'll take ENSO Watch for 1000, Alex.

Nighttime temperatures across much of California were record warm in July 2018, part of an accelerating warming trend in the state since the start of the twenty-first century. 

Global atmospheric carbon dioxide reached 405.0 parts per million (ppm) in 2017, a new record high. In the 1960s, the global growth rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide was roughly 0.6 ppm per year. Over the past decade, however, the growth rate has been closer to 2.3 ppm per year.

The ocean absorbed a net 2.6 billion tonnes of carbon from human activities, which is 36% higher than the 2005-2015 average. While ocean carbon uptake slows atmospheric warming, it also continues the trend of ocean acidification, which stresses shell-building creatures and other ocean life.