ClimateWatch

Dr. Stuart Carlton of Texas Sea Grant is an author on a new study published in Environmental Research Letters that confirms scientific consensus on climate change.

National Snow and Ice Data Center Director Mark Serreze studied every nook and cranny of two Ellesmere Island ice caps in the early 1980s. Now those ice caps are nearly gone.

Tornado outbreaks are one of nature’s most destructive forces. This study breaks new ground on a potential basis for seasonal predictability of tornado outbreak probability over the U.S.

Every one of the 357 climate divisions across the contiguous United States and Alaska ended up—at least—in the “warmer than normal” category. In this week's Beyond the Data blog, Deke Arndt explains why that's harder to do than it sounds.

Currently, the risk of regional-scale tornado outbreaks is predictable only about 7 days in advance. But NOAA scientists report that sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific may provide a month or more of advance warning of an elevated risk for tornado outbreaks.

Temperatures across the tropical Pacific Ocean were warmer than average in March 2016.

Rising levels of acidity in the ocean and growing …

The 2016 winter maximum sea ice extent in the Arctic edged out 2015 to a set a new record low. 

An ocean heat wave slammed the lobster industry in the Gulf of Maine in 2012. Scientists and lobstermen studying the incident found a surpise: just not fishing during the heatwave would have been better for the lobstermen's bottom line.