Beyond 2016: Year in Review
In this edition of Beyond the Data, we’ll look back at 2016 and identify some of the most meaningful climate and weather events from the year.
Beyond 2016: Year in Review Read More >
In this edition of Beyond the Data, we’ll look back at 2016 and identify some of the most meaningful climate and weather events from the year.
Beyond 2016: Year in Review Read More >
Trees within a city can help reduce urban heat, control stormwater, and provide habitat to local wildlife. As climate conditions change, a Chicago group is working to enhance the reilience of the city’s urban forest.
Local group fortifying Chicago's urban forest and building city's climate resilience Read More >
As cold air filtered into the United States over the Great Lakes, the lake effect snow machine turned on burying nearby locations.
Lake effect snow buries parts of the Great Lakes in December 2016 Read More >
Although surface melt did not set a new record in 2016, the Greenland Ice Sheet did continue a long-term trend of decreasing mass, according to the latest Arctic Report Card from NOAA and its partners.
Greenland ice mass loss continued in 2016 Read More >
Warming sea surface temperatures from climate change are pushing populations of the American Lobster (Homarus americanus) farther north than ever before.
Warming ocean temperatures push lobster populations north Read More >
How does La Niña and the jet stream impact winter conditions in the United States?
Writing about La Niña, the U.S. and the Jet Stream and THIS HAPPENS. *CLICKBAIT HEADLINE Read More >
A Q & A about the science of detecting the influence of global warming on hurricanes, fires, and other extreme events.
Extreme event attribution: the climate versus weather blame game Read More >
A black swan event is a situation so rare that few people would have imagined it was possible. In November 2016, researchers were caught off guard by just such an event: extremely low sea ice extents in both the Arctic and Antarctic.
Global sea ice in November: Black swans flock to both poles Read More >
A new NOAA-sponsored report shows that unprecedented warming air temperature in 2016 triggered massive declines in sea ice and snow cover across the Arctic, and brought a record-breaking delay to fall sea ice freeze up. Learn more through our image highlights of the 2016 Arctic Report Card.
NOAA's 2016 Arctic Report Card: Visual highlights Read More >
La Niña is forecast to hang on for just a few more months. Meanwhile, November was an active month in the tropics.
December 2016 ENSO Update: Weeble wobbles Read More >