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It's been 45 years since the planet had a cooler-than-average year.

Ariane Arias-Ortiz discusses her journey to her current career.

Use this interactive map to browse a collection of animated gifs showing monthly sea level at U.S. tide-monitoring stations over their lifetimes.

The 26th convening of the United Nations Conference of the Parties (or COP26) kicked off on October 31 in Glasgow, Scotland, and is scheduled to run through Nov. 12. The main goal for COP26 is to accelerate action toward the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

In a tweet chat featuring four NOAA marine experts, learn about the National Marine Ecosystem Status website, how to use it, and why you should care about the health of marine ecosystems.

Marine scientist Flo La Valle's life has taken her from the Philippines, to Rome, to Hawaii. A love for coastal ecosystems and the communities they support has stayed with her.

The April 2021 climate outlook tilts warmer than average for most of the country and drier than average across the southern tier of the United States.

A warmer-than-average start to spring is favored for the central and eastern United States while a drier-than-average March is likely across the southern tier of the contiguous U.S.

To better predict sea level rise, Rebecca Jackson wants to describe exactly what happens where liquid ocean meets the icy underside of glaciers. But how do you study a glacier that could calve a dangerous iceberg at any moment?

The February 2021 outlook favors a colder- and wetter-than-average month for much of the northern and central United States.