News & Research Highlights
Climate-related news and research highlights from NOAA and its partners
The collaboratively built tool helps answer the common question asked of Alaskan climatologists: has it been particularly hot/cold lately?
Back to school is looking quite different this year, but NOAA is still your trusted source for ocean, Great Lakes, weather, and climate education. We know teachers have been working extra hard to…
First-ever daily time series reveals strength of deep ocean circulation system in the South Atlantic
The study may have large implications for the climate and weather forecasts made by ocean models in the future.
The system tracks places and times in the United States and neighboring regions when climate factors might enhance transmission of illnesses like Zika, dengue fever, and chikungunya spread by ...
Marine heat waves across the world’s oceans can displace habitat for sea turtles, whales, and other marine life by 10s to thousands of kilometers. They dramatically shift these animals’ preferred ...
Atmospheric and oceanic conditions are primed to fuel storm development in the Atlantic, leading to what could be an “extremely active” season, according to forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction…