Ocean currents affect life in the ocean and climate over the surrounding continents. For more than 20 years an observatory at 23°W on the equator has measured local ocean current velocities. These data have now been made publicly available for the first time.
Heading to the theater to see the new "Twisters" movie? Keep an eye out for NOAA! But remember: While it's exciting to think of chasing tornadoes, please don't attempt it yourself. These storms are deadly forces of nature.
New research funded by CPO’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections Program focuses on drought in the central U.S./Great Plains region and evaluates why summer droughts occur in the ...
Two new projects will provide useful observations to enhance monitoring and modeling of precipitation events. Each one will expand existing analysis data.
The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit now includes a Southeast Region section. The section features narratives, tools, and case studies on the impacts of climate change across the Southeast, and information on how people can build resilience to climate change
The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit has launched a new Northern Great Plains Region section. It offers information on the impacts of climate change across the Northern Great Plains, and how people can build resilience.
Home to 13 of the 20 largest metropolitan areas in the United States, our nation’s coasts face hurricanes, sea level rise, coastal erosion, natural resource depletion and more. A new white paper lists ways to better understand these complex, vulnerable ecosystems.
The United States is expected to experience as much sea level rise by the year 2050 as it witnessed in the previous hundred years. The report projects sea levels along the coastline will rise an additional 10-12 inches in the next 30 years, with specific amounts varying regionally, mainly due to land height changes.
Coral reefs in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans received a “fair” score in the first-ever condition status report for U.S. coral reefs released by NOAA and the University of Maryland Center for…