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September 2015 El Niño Update and Q&A

Emily Becker | September 10, 2015

The chance that El Niño will continue through Northern Hemisphere winter is currently about 95%. Blogger Emily Becker answers questions about what it all means.

How has the concurrence of drought and heatwaves in the U. S. changed over time?

September 09, 2015

Extreme climate events, such as droughts and heatwaves, are one of the biggest challenges facing our society, significantly impacting human health, ecosystems, security, and our economy. Concurrent .. ...

Understanding climate: Billy Sweet and John Marra explain nuisance floods

John Marra | September 08, 2015

High-tide "nuisance flooding" has increased between 300 and 925 percent since the 1960s as a result of sea level rise. In this Q&A, Billy Sweet and John Marra explain the changes and offer projections for the remainder of the 2015-16 monitoring year.

Wait, a hurricane formed where in the Atlantic?

Tom Di Liberto | September 03, 2015

While the Atlantic hurricane season has been generally below-average, that doesn't mean it can't have a rare event.

Central Pacific hurricane party: three's company

Tom Di Liberto | September 03, 2015

An over-active hurricane season in the central/eastern Pacific Ocean went into overdrive as three major hurricanes occurred at the same time.

Built to Last: Climate Data Ensure Oil Supply Route in Gulf of Mexico

Caitlyn Kennedy, LuAnn Dahlman | August 27, 2015

For three days in 2005, flooding from Hurricane Katrina cut off the only road to Port Fourchon. Officials had to decide: did the risk of future flooding justify the cost of raising the roadway out of the Gulf's rising waters?

Risk of very large fires could increase sixfold by mid-century in the US

Caitlyn Kennedy | August 26, 2015

Climate change is expected to intensify fire-friendly weather conditions across the US and to lengthen the fire season.

One forecaster's view on extreme El Niño in the eastern Pacific

Ken Takahashi | August 24, 2015

Guest blogger Ken Takahashi assesses the prospects for this El Niño to be an extreme one in the eastern tropical Pacific, like the 1982 and 1997 events were.

Stay out of the scum, warns NOAA's latest bulletin on Lake Erie's Harmful Algal Bloom

Rebecca Lindsey | August 19, 2015

Lake Erie’s annual summer bloom is underway, and it's shaping up to be one of the most severe in the past decade.

Late July's stupefying heat indexes in southwest Iran

Tom Di Liberto | August 14, 2015

Think 115°F is uncomfortably hot? Imagine it being incredibly humid as well.

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