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Topic: Heat waves

This visualization depicts bathymetric features of the western Atlantic Ocean Basin, including the continental shelf, captured by satellite.

March 13, 2023

March 13, 2023

First assessment of bottom marine heat waves opens window to the deep

Climate change is contributing to more and longer heat waves in communities across the country, including western cities like Phoenix, pictured here.

Biden Administration launches Heat.gov with tools for communities facing extreme heat

July 26, 2022

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Climate change is contributing to more and longer heat waves in communities across the country, including western cities like Phoenix, pictured here.

Climate change is contributing to more and longer heat waves in communities across the country, including western cities like Phoenix, pictured here.

Media invited to a briefing on Heat.gov

July 25, 2022

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extreme weather

Climate change is contributing to more and longer heat waves in communities across the country, including western cities like Phoenix, pictured here.

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Heat exhaustion or heat stroke? Know the signs of heat illness

July 27, 2022

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Study finds strong marine heatwaves in the Arctic

February 2, 2022

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Two polar bears on a patch of Arctic ice

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

Stay hydrated: It’s going to be a long, hot July for much of U.S.

July 10, 2020

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

Sara Benson (right) and Roxanne Lee, of the Boston Science Museum, using a CAPA Heat Strategies sensor to investigate extreme heat in Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, on July 24, 2019.
Alt text: Two women stand together near a car door as they attach a temperature gauge to the glass window of the car door.

NOAA leads community scientists in mapping hottest parts of 13 U.S. cities

June 3, 2020

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Sara Benson (right) and Roxanne Lee, of the Boston Science Museum, using a CAPA Heat Strategies sensor to investigate extreme heat in Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, on July 24, 2019.
Alt text: Two women stand together near a car door as they attach a temperature gauge to the glass window of the car door.

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

Periods of extreme humid heat occurring decades earlier than expected

May 11, 2020

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

Satellite sea-surface temperature data from off of the U.S. West Coast, comparing September 2014 versus September 2019.

Marine heat wave reminiscent of 'the Blob' lingers off U.S. West Coast

October 8, 2019

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Satellite sea-surface temperature data from off of the U.S. West Coast, comparing September 2014 versus September 2019.

Nick Bond, a climate scientist with the University of Washington's Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (a NOAA cooperative institute), studies marine heat waves. Nick is standing next to a climate buoy that helps scientists monitor ocean surface temperatures in the Gulf of Alaska.

Q&A: So, what are marine heat waves? A climate scientist explains

October 8, 2019

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Nick Bond, a climate scientist with the University of Washington's Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (a NOAA cooperative institute), studies marine heat waves. Nick is standing next to a climate buoy that helps scientists monitor ocean surface temperatures in the Gulf of Alaska.

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