As COP28 concludes, NOAA provides highlights observations since the last major climate agreement was signed in 2015. Known as the Paris Agreement, it was adopted by 196 countries including the United States at COP25 in Paris.
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A new study shows that though seasonal forecasts failed to predict the unusual California preciptation during the winters of 2015-16 and 2016-17, forecasts issued a month ahead -- within the ...
View an animation of the HRRR-Smoke model predicting smoke movement from August 26-28, 2020. With smoke from western wildfires poised to spread from coast to coast this week, people will ...
While the USGS is the primary agency that monitors volcanic activity in the United States, NOAA oversees safety systems for tsunamis and other volcano-related threats, and studies the impact of volcanic gasses on our global climate. 2022 was a busy year.
Severe storms might seem like great equalizers, but coastal flooding doesn’t affect everyone the same way. A new study in Climatic Change highlights the factors that make some people in the storm’s path more vulnerable.
Amid rising temperatures in the Western and Eastern United States, a cooling trend has dominated summer daytime temperatures over the central United States since the mid-twentieth century. A new study examines the role of natural variability.
One process driving the North Pacific's trajectory into uncharted waters is rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Those rising concentrations are driving more heat into the ocean's surface layer.
The current winter season began with very warm air temperatures, resulting in slow ice formation on the Great Lakes. January 2024 has brought a sudden drop in temperatures, with the potential for more ice.
California is the nation's most populous state, and one of the largest contributors to food security. Reliable precipitation forecasts are in high demand but hard to deliver. A new paper examines the challenges.
In spring and summer 2020, small- and medium-sized businesses in California’s Sierra Nevada Region faced the largest wildfire season in recorded state history and the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study examines how they coped with multiple disruptions.