News & Research Highlights

Western Water Assessment has recently improved and updated its High-Impact Weather and Climate Events Database, a collection of significant weather and climate-related events in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

Western Water Assessment (WWA) has just released the Utah Hazard Planning Tool, which provides resources about the historical incidence, current risk, and future projections of natural hazards in the state.

This summer’s western wildfire season is likely to be more severe than average but not as devastating as last year’s near-record, according to an experimental prediction method developed by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

NOAA Climate.gov's Tom Di Liberto was nominated for a regional (Chesapeake Bay region) Emmy award in the host/moderator/correspondent category at the upcoming Capital Emmy awards

During the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) will again help NOAA prepare the public for severe weather. They will also conduct new research on the complexites of how tropical cyclones form, develop, and dissipate.

Ongoing La Niña, above-average Atlantic temperatures set the stage for busy season ahead.

Tropical cyclones pull energy from the ocean surface, typically cooling the sea surface temperature at the same time. A new study finds that intense rainfall under a cyclone reduces the sea surface cooling.

Greenhouse gas pollution caused by human activities trapped 49% more heat in the atmosphere in 2021 than they did in 1990, according to NOAA scientists. Carbon dioxide remained the leading culprit, but other heat-trapping gases included methane and nitrous oxide.

NOAA’s Climate Program Office announces seven new projects for Fiscal Years 2022-2024 to develop model-based monitoring of key climate-impact areas. Totaling $2.7 million, the projects address coastal inundation, wildfire smoke, flash droughts, heat stress, and vulnerability to humid heat.

As electricity providers add renewable energy to their portfolios, a new study shows that more accurate wind forecasts generated by a NOAA weather model is saving the utilities—and consumers—big money.