Were Model Predictions of El Niño a Big Bust?
The model predictions during 2014 were not that shabby. A major, strong El Niño was not well justified by the predictions.
Were Model Predictions of El Niño a Big Bust? Read More >
The model predictions during 2014 were not that shabby. A major, strong El Niño was not well justified by the predictions.
Were Model Predictions of El Niño a Big Bust? Read More >
Weather forecasting begins with observations.
NOAA’s growing weather observations database goes into full operations Read More >
This web story was provided by NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). The CIRES story may be read online.
Methane leaks from three large U.S. natural gas fields in line with federal estimates Read More >
The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite recently began its million-mile journey to deep space. In addition to its primary mission of observing space weather, the satellite is carrying two instruments important to climate science: the NISTAR radiometer and the EPIC camera.
Science in space: New satellite could bring climate DSCOVRies Read More >
For more than 6 months, NOAA has been issuing El Niño watches, but never an advisory. Here we show whether—despite the lack of advisory—recent patterns in precipitation resemble those expected during El Niño.
Do recent global precipitation anomalies resemble those of El Niño? Read More >
Deadly flooding has replaced the dry start to the 2014-2015 southern Africa monsoon, and the wet season has several months left go.
Southeastern Africa’s monsoon goes from dry to deluge Read More >
Thanks to back-to-back storms over the last month, most of the Midwest and North-Atlantic regions are covered by snow. But when was the last time there was snow on the ground in all fifty states—even our most tropical destinations, Florida and Hawaii?
Five years ago this week, all 50 states had snow on the ground Read More >
Millions of people in southern Africa depend on monsoon rains that begin around November and last until March or April. If the monsoon is erratic, millions of people can suffer. So far in 2014-2015, the monsoon in southeastern Africa has been anything but normal.
Southeastern Africa's topsy-turvy monsoon Read More >
Restoring a healthy balance between sea otters and their sea urchin prey comes with a modest but meaningful bonus: halting the overgrazing of kelp forests and increasing their ability to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Caring for sea otters offers climate bonus Read More >