Extreme weather, including hurricanes, has increased with climate change MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) presents abriefingsummarising the global climate each month – and in the first of these calls under the Trump administ...
NOAA is considered the authority on forecasting, storm tracking and climate monitoring. Many are warning that slashing its workforce could compromise the quality and accuracy of extreme weather forecasts that guide government responses to hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and...
NOAA announced Thursday that it is decommissioning several databases, including its widely reported annual compilation of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters .The announcement was made on NOAA's website under " notice of change ," which said it would no longer be updated due to "evolvin...
The stretch of abnormally warm temperatures was accompanied by extremely dry weather across much of the country, fueling dangerous wildfire conditions in regions like the Northeast. A very dry start to the season brought drought conditions to more than half of the lower 48 states by late October...
While this particular ‘blob’ may eventually dissipate if and when the weather patterns change, the trend is definitively moving towards planetary conditions that could make this a new normal, not an aberration. A vast bloom of toxic algae off the West Coast is denser, more widespread and ...
Every 10 years NOAA releases a new set of "climate normals" — what is considered normal, typical or average weather in a given location at a given time of year. To ensure that these normals are not subject to the ebb and flow of yearly weather, these averages are based on 30-year...
With 18 climate-fueled disasters each costing more than $1 billion so far this year, NOAA is at the forefront of addressing climate change. NOAA's mission of science, service and stewardship--to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coasts; to share that knowledge ...
How should residents prepare for the hurricane season? Residents should prepare by securing their homes, creating emergency kits, staying informed through reliable weather updates, and having a clear evacuation plan in place.See related topics NOAA Rick Spinrad Erik Hooks Colorado State University...
(Southeast Regional Climate Center / FOX Weather) Precipitation could hold the key to how active the weather could be Less than four months before the start ofmeteorological summer, vast regions of the Southwest, Plains and Northwest were experiencing drought conditions, and if there is no relief...
The call to dismantle the United States' vital weather department has raised the hackles of experts who say NOAA provides not only important free data but also life-saving information.