Blue-carbon ecosystems have a small global footprint, but they can bury many times more carbon per acre than even a tropical rainforest.
Understanding Climate
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August 2022 drew to a close the third-warmest summer on record for the contiguous United States.
The September 2022 climate outlook favors a warmer-than-average month for most of the contiguous United States along with a dry/wet split between the northern and southern tiers of the U.S.
Global surface temperature was among the 6 warmest years on record, despite a "double-dip" La Niña event that chilled the Pacific much of the year.
For the eighth year in a row, late spring snow cover was below average in 2025.
Earth had its sixth-warmest July on record, with extreme dryness over Europe, the U.S. West, western Australia, and central South America, and extreme wetness over eastern Australia, east-central Africa, and parts of the Middle East.
On average, July is the United States hottest month of the year. But where did this July fall in the historical record? See highlights from the monthly U.S. summary from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
The August 2022 climate outlook favors a hotter-than-average month for much of the contiguous United States outside of the Southwest where the monsoon is expected to bring wetter and cooler-than-average conditions
El vórtice polar ártico es una banda de fuertes vientos del oeste que se forma en la estratosfera entre unos 15 y 30 kilómetros por encima del Polo Norte cada invierno. La posible influencia del comportamiento del vórtice polar ártico en la meteorología de otras regiones despierta cada vez más y más interés.
Through June, the U.S. area burned by wildfires in 2022 was more than double the long-term average.