News & Features

New research links warm ocean conditions in the North Pacific to the elevated levels of a natural toxin in shellfish along the U.S. West Coast.

In 2016, the annual global temperature reached a record high for the third year in a row. How did this happen, and how unusual is it?

2016 was the third year in a row that global average surface temperature set a new record, and the fifth time the record has been broken since the start of the twenty-first century. This animation shows the yearly history of Earth's temperature since the modern record began in 1880.

La Niña conditions are still in place, but a transition to neutral is looming. Our blogger takes stock of the season.

Lake effect snows like the events that buried parts of Michigan and New York in mid-December might actually become more common as the U.S. climate warms, at least for a while. This post explains the paradox.

In 2016, daily temperatures in Alaska that were warmer than average outnumbered those that were cooler than average by a 9 to 1 ratio.

2016 saw 15 weather and climate disasters with losses exceeding $1 billion. How does that compares to history, and which disaster type was especially disruptive during the year?

NOAA Research-funded scientists have reported a sobering finding in Science regarding our Nation's severe weather: the tornado outbreaks with the most tornadoes are spawning more tornadoes than ever . ...

For the first time, scientists have combined sea level rise projections with projections of changes in coastal storms to simulate future flooding and storm surge in New York City. A new NOAA ... ...

In this edition of Beyond the Data, we’ll look back at 2016 and identify some of the most meaningful climate and weather events from the year.