Arctic sea ice extent at the 2026 winter maximum in March tied for second smallest of the satellite era. It was the second year in a row of record-low winter ice cover.
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Southern California is having an unusually wet start to its water year. Animations of satellite data capture parts of atmospheric rivers making landfall in early January 2026.
The tropical Pacific climate appears to be leaning toward La Niña this winter. How have past La Niñas affected snow across Canada and the United States?
Around 90 percent of the warming that has happened on Earth over the past 50 years has occurred in the ocean. That excess heat is driving sea level rise, reducing sea ice, fueling stronger hurricanes, and stressing ocean life.
Across much of the United States, the first leaves and flowers of common garden plants are emerging earlier in the spring than they used to. It's a different story in the Southeast.
From football games to concerts, planning for outdoor events increasingly demands a strategy for reducing heat-related risks.
NOAA and NOAA-funded researchers are looking at extreme rain events from many different angles to identify new sources of predictability. The goal is to one day be able to predict such events weeks or months in advance.
Our blogger gives us a sci-fi themed update on the status of ENSO. Can you count all the references?
According to a long-term index of flower timing, most U.S. areas saw flowers emerge earlier than average, except for a few, mostly coastal areas.
Forecasters think the climate system is poised to bring most of the U.S. a warmer-than-average June, and little drought relief is likely across the West.