Drought improvement likely across the Southeast, Gulf Coast, and Texas amid ongoing El Niño.
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September 2023 wasn't just the warmest September of the historical record, the global temperature was farther above average than any month since records began in 1850.
September was the sixth consecutive month of record-high global ocean surface temperature.
El Niño is on the prowl in the tropical Pacific. How loud do forecasters think it's going to roar?
Coastal storms brought heavy rains and flooding to the East Coast, and 111 counties had their warmest September on record.
El Niño communicates with North America by tweaking the jet stream. How does all that work?
Of all the potential impacts of global warming, increases in extreme heat are the most certain. Yet it's the one extreme U.S. communities have paid the least attention to so far. Ladd Keith hopes to change that.
Florida's reefs have experienced unprecedented heat stress this summer. Beyond stopping global warming, what techniques can experts use to help save them?
This year’s maximum was 676,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average and 398,000 square miles below the previous record low.
The last 17 years, from 2007 to 2023, are the lowest 17 sea ice extents in the satellite record.