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National Academies unveils strategy to modernize probable maximum precipitation estimates

July 2, 2024

High-hazard structures such as dams and nuclear power plants have been engineered to withstand floods from unlikely but possible precipitation, but precipitation estimates are based on outdated work.

Scientists uncover future drought patterns and their impacts on global water resources

July 2, 2024

New research suggests that about one-third of the world’s land could see more frequent multi-year droughts under a low-emission scenario, and 62 percent could face more frequent and severe droughts under the highest-emission scenario.

NOAA's GOES-U launches to orbit

July 2, 2024

GOES-U is the latest addition to NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system, enhancing weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, and climate research.

Major progress in structural fire emissions research

July 2, 2024

To understand how structural fires at the wildland urban interface contribute to air pollution, recent tests measured gas and particle emissions from burning structural materials under realistic fire conditions.

Climate Resilience Toolkit team contributed to federal agencies' Climate Adaptation Plan updates

July 2, 2024

NOAA’s Climate Resilience Toolkit group recently worked with members of the White House Council on Environmental Quality to facilitate updates to federal agency Climate Adaptation Plans.

NIHHIS to release two new heat governance planning documents

July 2, 2024

The National Integrated Heat Health Information System will soon publish two new documents to help local communities evaluate their successes in heat governance and identify challenges and areas for future improvement.

Biden-Harris administration awards $4.9 to advance drought monitoring and prediction in US West through the Investing in America agenda

June 25, 2024

“This investment will support NOAA and its partners in better preparing Western communities for droughts in the coming years and decades.”

Caribbean and Pacific Islands receive awards for resilience projects

June 25, 2024

Eleven new projects aim to identify and better understand evolving climate risks, vulnerabilities and adaptive capacity for islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

ERA5 dataset proven most accurate for US temperature predictions

June 25, 2024

The study evaluated the accuracy of four major reanalysis data sets in representing daily and extreme temperature across the United States, finding results least reliable in the mountainous western US, likely due to the complex terrain.

Nitrous oxide emissions grew 40 percent from 1980 to 2020, accelerating climate change

June 18, 2024

A new study finds nitrous oxide is accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere faster than at any other time in human history, and the gas’s current growth rate is likely unprecedented in the last 800,000 years.

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