Globally, it was the sixth-warmest August on record, but the Northern Hemisphere tied 2020 for being record warm.
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Excessive rainfall enabled a mosquito population boom in Arizona, increasing the opportunities for the virus to spread from birds to people.
Sixth-warmest June on record. La Niña still influencing precipitation patterns.
Encouragement from teachers and professors eventually drew a shy student out of the classroom and into the world of ocean science.
The month brought a warm West and a cold East. Amid widespread dryness, wetter-than-average conditions occurred in Colorado, the Ohio Valley, and the Mid-Atlantic.
It's been 45 years since the planet had a cooler-than-average year.
Ariane Arias-Ortiz discusses her journey to her current career.
Use this interactive map to browse a collection of animated gifs showing monthly sea level at U.S. tide-monitoring stations over their lifetimes.
In a tweet chat featuring four NOAA marine experts, learn about the National Marine Ecosystem Status website, how to use it, and why you should care about the health of marine ecosystems.
Marine scientist Flo La Valle's life has taken her from the Philippines, to Rome, to Hawaii. A love for coastal ecosystems and the communities they support has stayed with her.