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How tree rings tell time and climate history

Bruce Bauer | November 29, 2018

Tree rings can reveal the age of wood used to make human artifacts from famous violins to the cliff ruins of Mesa Verde, and also tell us about the climate conditions that prevailed when those trees were alive.

The Karuk's relationship with fire: Adapting to climate change on the Klamath

Miakah Nix, Kathy Lynn | November 28, 2018

Members of the Karuk Tribe in northern California maintain that the age-old tradition of prescribed burning holds the answer to climate adaptation planning in the Klamath River range.

Scientists and growers work together to help preserve a region's farming heritage

November 26, 2018

Farmers in southern Idaho pair up with NOAA-funded scientists to become more resilient to the basin's wide swings in snowpack, runoff, and groundwater recharge—today and in a warmer future.

Exploring ENSO in Ecuador

Michelle L'Heureux | November 20, 2018

What is the latest and greatest in ENSO science? This blogger travels to Guayaquil, Ecuador to find out.

Climate & skiing

Michon Scott | November 19, 2018

From retreating snow elevations to rain-soaked powder, warming due to human-caused climate change will radically transform U.S. skiing over the remainder of the twenty-first century.

Hot, dry summer and slow start to wet season primed California for November 2018 fires

Tom Di Liberto | November 15, 2018

Hot, dry and windy weather helped create the conditions needed for wildfires to explode in northern and southern California in November 2018.

No safe haven for coral from the combined impacts of warming and ocean acidification

Rebecca Lindsey | November 13, 2018

Corals reefs face double threats from rising atmospheric carbon dioxide: severe heat stress and ocean acidification. NOAA researchers have produced maps of future changes in both threats to allow managers to identify the most vulnerable reefs.

November 2018 ENSO Update: (Just a little bit of ) history repeating

Emily Becker | November 08, 2018

The east-central equatorial Pacific is warmer than average, but El Niño hasn’t arrived quite yet. What’s the ENSO latest?

Talking with IPCC Vice-chair Ko Barrett: On climate change and consensus building

Tom Di Liberto | November 06, 2018

Ko Barrett, a Vice Chair of the IPCC, answers questions about the group's recent special report on what 1.5°C of global warming will mean for people, ecosystems, and economies.

Behind the curtains of NOAA's monthly global climate report

Ahira Sánchez-Lugo | November 01, 2018

Climatologists don’t make house calls, but they do provide answers about why keeping track of Earth’s vitals is so important. Here’s a quick Q&A.

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