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Scientists and scallop industry team up to study effects of ocean acidification

January 26, 2021

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Scientists from NOAA and the University of Connecticut will work with the scallop industry to study the effects of ocean acidification on scallops as pictured here at NOAA's Northeast Fishery Science Center lab in Milford, Connecticut.

How will climate change affect your French fries?

November 25, 2020

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Is climate change coming for your French fries?

Institute for Climate Change Education becomes 2020 “Stay-In-stitute”

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NOAA, Climate Generation, The Wild Center, and a wide range of partners are introducing the 2020 Summer Institute for Climate Change Education workshop as the “Stay-In-stitute” — a virtual conference that will take the place of an in-person event this year.

Gliders, drifters and drones to help international researchers solve key climate question

January 24, 2020

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Saildrones.

Report: Climate change is making specific weather events more extreme

December 9, 2019

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Wildfires and heavy rains are specific types of weather events that can be made more extreme by climate change, say scientists in research published December 2019 in a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. In this photo, a wildfire rages in the hills of the Los Angeles area. (2017 stock image.)

Indo-Pacific Ocean warming is affecting rainfall patterns in parts of U.S.

November 29, 2019

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City rainfall

September 2019 tied as 2nd hottest on record for U.S.

October 8, 2019

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Hurricane Dorian made landfall at Hatteras, North Carolina, on September 6, 2019, with maximum sustained winds estimated near 90 mph.

Video: What is the carbon cycle?

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The ocean is a carbon sink.

Study examines centuries of data to understand links between climate and wildfires

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Wildfire in California.

Student videos offer a glimpse into climate change

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A Lens on Climate Change team films a segment on water in the West featuring an interview with Jeff Lukas, a scientist from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES).

Warming winters will radically transform U.S. skiing

December 14, 2018

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Skiing at Lake Tahoe.

New federal climate assessment for U.S. released

November 23, 2018

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Wildfires, such as the 2018 Howe Ridge Fire in Glacier National Park shown here, will become more frequent and destructive as a result of climate change, according to findings in the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released November 23, 2018, by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). NOAA is one of 13 federal agencies that contributed significantly to the report.

Carbon dioxide levels breach another threshold at Mauna Loa

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Sunset at NOAA's Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory

Infographic: How does climate change affect coral reefs?

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Coral bleaching at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, March 2016.

Study: Climate change soon to be main cause of heat waves in West, Great Lakes

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Stock image of 2 people taking a moment to recover from exercise in the high heat of the day.

Special report: 2016 extreme weather events and ties to climate change

December 13, 2017

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Coral bleaching at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, March 2016.

Experts to discuss new federal climate science report for the U.S.

November 2, 2017

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GOES Full Disk Earth Image

Blog: Changing climate, oceans and America’s fisheries

December 16, 2016

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Brown chromis (Chromis multilineata) and other small reef fish swim over large boulders of Great Star Coral (Montastraea cavernosa) in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.

Scientists: Strong evidence that human-caused climate change intensified 2015 heat waves

December 15, 2016

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The 2015 Alaska fire season burned the second largest number of acres since records began in 1940. Human-induced climate change may have increased the risk of a fire season of this severity by 34-60%.

Pacific coast marshes more resistant to rising seas than Atlantic

November 15, 2016

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National Estuarine Research Reserves

Using a surface elevation table to measure marsh elevations at the North Carolina Reserve.

How climate change made us human

November 10, 2016

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Nicknamed "Mrs. Ples," this fossil skull belongs to the human ancestor Australopithecus africanus.

Carbon dioxide levels race past troubling milestone

September 30, 2016

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Measurements taken by NOAA scientists show carbon dioxide levels are now permanently above 400 parts per million — even at the South Pole, which is the last place on Earth to register the impacts of increasing emissions from fossil fuel consumption. This photo shows NOAA's South Pole Observatory in the distance.

New tool helps urban communities build resilience to climate change

September 30, 2016

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climate adaptation

Severe flooding in Nashville’s downtown in May 2010 demonstrated the need for cities and towns to plan more resilient buildings, transportation systems and other infrastructure. The Climate Resilience Toolkit provides cities and towns with new tools on the Built Environment to address this need.

Honor those helping make America’s natural resources resilient to climate change

September 29, 2016

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Volunteers help restore the Duwamish River by planting native vegetation at an Earth Day event at Codiga Park, Washington. April 2008.

Sea-level rise, ocean acidification, ocean warming threaten Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

August 23, 2016

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A juvenile Hawaiian monk seal rests on a beach on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals. Projected sea-level rise at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument could threaten these and other marine mammals.

Many islands may face freshwater stress by mid-century

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Projected changes in freshwater stress by 2090 for 80 island groups around the world.

Will droughts turn the Amazon into a giant source of carbon emissions?

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Aerial image of the Amazon River.

Sentinels of change: Gray whales in the Arctic

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Aerial view of a gray whale near the ice edge with mud plume from bottom feeding. Photo credit: Vicki Beaver, NOAA Fisheries. NMFS Permit No. 14245. Funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (IA Contract No. M11PG00033).

Report: Climate change worsens risks to public health

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Man walking in flood waters.

Ocean acidification: A wake-up call in our waters

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NOAA researcher Ian Enochs dives over underwater vents near an uninhabited volcanic island north of Guam. Given its remoteness, the island offers a unique natural laboratory to study how ocean acidification affects coral reef ecosystems.

Last light: Sunset at the South Pole

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The National Science Foundation’s Atmospheric Research Observatory illuminated by the sun approaching South Pole sunset in 2014.

What’s the difference between climate and weather?

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A storm darkens the sky at the mouth of the Russian River, north of Bodega Bay, Calif. Weather can change from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and season-to-season. Climate, is the average of weather over time and space.

New report finds human-caused climate change increased the severity of many extreme events in 2014

November 5, 2015

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GOES Full Disk Earth Image

Ciguatera fish poisoning predicted to increase with rising ocean temperatures

December 2, 2015

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Seafood.

Warmer air and sea, declining ice continue to trigger Arctic change

December 15, 2015

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Arctic land area average temperature from October 2014-September 2015 compared to the 1981-2010 average.