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Rapid onset drought events or "flash droughts" occur rapidly (i.e., as short as a few weeks) and can impact agriculture harsher than longer lasting droughts because farmers have less time to prepare…

From July 28-30, Climate Program Office Director Wayne Higgins and CPO Climate and Health Lead Juli Trtanj are participating in a workshop on the development of climate services for a National ...

Drought affects every state in the U.S. Its impacts cut across economies and the environment and can last for years. Since 1980 more than 20 drought events have cost the nation at least $1 billion …

Policymakers need to know what factors are most important in determining local vulnerability to facilitate effective adaptation to climate change. Quantitative vulnerability indices are helpful but …

Terrestrial ecosystems pull about one-fourth of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions out of the atmosphere per year, serving as a sink for CO 2 since industrialization. Minor swings in CO 2 fluxes can cause…

Since the end of the 19th century, Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) predictions have improved. However, prediction skill of the operational forecasts from 1989-2012 is quite low. Variations as …

The NOAA Climate Program Office is working closely with USAID and OSTP on the U.S.-initiated public-private partnership on Climate Services for Resilient Development (CSRD), which was originally ...

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the rate of global warming has slowed despite rising greenhouse gas levels and increasing net radiation at the top of the atmosphere. A paper resulting from …

A paper supported by a grant from CPO's Coastal and Ocean Climate Applications (COCA) program, was published online in Nature Climate Change on June 8. The paper: "Cultural knowledge and local ...

Terrestrial ecosystems pull about one-fourth of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions out of the atmosphere per year, serving as a sink for CO 2 since industrialization. Minor swings in CO 2 fluxes can cause…