Sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic are more hurricane-friendly so far this season than in the record-setting 2020 season.
Extreme Events
Temperatures across the North Atlantic Ocean have been record hot for more than a year.
Last year's marine heat wave and coral bleaching was so unprecedented, NOAA had to add new risk levels to this satellite-based monitoring scale.
Before 2023 officially wraps up we want to highlight some of the climate related stories, maps, and graphs that we brought you over the past year.