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It's been a tough year for the globe's coral and the scientists who use coral to paint a picture of ENSO back thousands of years. 

After a severe coral bleaching event struck the Great Barrier Reef, what does a future of climate change mean for the reef?

Scientists from the Physical Sciences Division at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory installed NOAA's Air-Sea Flux System on the R/V Investigator , a new research vessel of Australia's ... ...

Most of the continental United States is facing elevated chances of well above average summer temperatures, according to the latest outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.

Alaska’s statewide warming rate of +5.3°F per century since 1950 is faster than any other state in the Union, by a comfortable margin. In our latest Beyond the Data blog, NCEI's Deke Arndt talks about how the interplay between climate and landscape and the soil itself put the Last Frontier on the front lines of climate change.

One reason the Fort McMurray area was at high risk for an early-season forest fire was that April snow cover was well below average in much of western North America.

Beneath the surface of the tropical Pacific, a deep pool of cool water has been sliding slowly eastward. This massive, slow-motion wave is a favorable sign that La Niña might develop.

A massive wildfire in northern Alberta has grown out of control, causing the evacuation of Fort McMurray, a city of 80,000 people. What climate conditions fostered this unusual early-season fire?

Forecasters place the odds of La Niña developing by the fall at 75%. We'll dig into the thinking behind this forecast, as well as some fun facts about La Niña. 

Unusually warm water along Australia's Great Barrier Reef has led to record-breaking coral bleaching.