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What we talk about when we talk about the jet stream and El Niño

Emily Becker | September 29, 2023

El Niño communicates with North America by tweaking the jet stream. How does all that work?

Heat governance scholar Ladd Keith's collaboration with NOAA

John Dos Passos Coggin, Melissa DeFrancesco, GIllen Curren, Amber Liggett | September 27, 2023

Of all the potential impacts of global warming, increases in extreme heat are the most certain. Yet it's the one extreme U.S. communities have paid the least attention to so far. Ladd Keith hopes to change that.

Five unexpected consequences of extreme heat

September 26, 2023

Extreme heat has implications for power grid infrastructure, food production and nutrition, childhood education, worker health and safety, and crime.

Flash droughts in the Caribbean

September 26, 2023

Islands in the Caribbean can enjoy near-daily rainfall but have limited freshwater reserves, making them especially vulnerable to sudden, rapid drying. A new study identifies instances of widespread flash drought outbreaks.

$2 million to build tribal drought resilience

September 26, 2023

Approximately $2 million has been allocated to support tribal drought resilience. This investment will help tribal nations address current and future drought risk while informing decision making and strengthening tribal drought resilience in a changing climate.

NOAA employs climate adaptation and resilience techniques to save Florida corals from this summer's record-long marine heat wave

Haley Thiem | September 26, 2023

Florida's reefs have experienced unprecedented heat stress this summer. Beyond stopping global warming, what techniques can experts use to help save them?

2023 Antarctic sea ice winter maximum is lowest on record by a wide margin

National Snow and Ice Data Center | September 25, 2023

This year’s maximum was 676,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average and 398,000 square miles below the previous record low.

Arctic sea ice minimum at sixth lowest extent on record in 2023

National Snow and Ice Data Center | September 25, 2023

The last 17 years, from 2007 to 2023, are the lowest 17 sea ice extents in the satellite record.

History of the hottest summer day at thousands of U. S. locations

Rebecca Lindsey | September 21, 2023

Find the hottest summer day for thousands of U.S. stations with this interactive map.

Drifting buoy data now publicly available

September 19, 2023

The Global Drifter Program at AOML now has a publicly available server with free and open-source software. The server hosts both hourly and six-hour quality-controlled interpolated drifter datasets.

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