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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) in August 2021. Three NOAA Climate Program Office-funded scientists were among the world’s top climate researchers who contributed to the latest IPCC report.

The project will build on outcomes from NOAA's community-led field campaigns, which have helped engage the Burlington community and have produced critical hyperlocal temperature information. This Q&A provides more information about the project.

New research shows how smoke-influenced clouds differ from their clean-air counterparts, with complex implications for weather and climate.

Global average surface temperature in July—the hottest month of the year on average—set a new record in 2021. It's virtually certain that the year will go on to become one of the ten warmest years in the historical record.

Neutral conditions are hanging on, but for how long? Our blogger explains why a return to La Niña this fall/winter is looking more likely.

During early summer 2020, the western North Pacific remained in an almost quiet state, and the tropical cyclone frequency sank to the lowest level on record since 1979. A new research paper provides a possible explanation for the puzzling situation.

In December 2020, the National Integrated Drought Information System held a virtual workshop on flash droughts. The report from that workshop is now available online.

Home to 13 of the 20 largest metropolitan areas in the United States, our nation’s coasts face hurricanes, sea level rise, coastal erosion, natural resource depletion and more. A new white paper lists ways to better understand these complex, vulnerable ecosystems.

Stories of drought, extreme heat, and fires dominated the weather headlines for the West in July. The central and eastern U.S. were wet and relatively cool.

The findings of their review of more than 14,000 studies are clear: climate change is affecting nearly every part of the planet, and there is no doubt that human activities are the cause.