On May 27, 2021, NOAA’s Climate Program Office hosted a meeting of US agencies and several external partners involved in international coastal blue carbon research, capacity building, and climate policy, for the purpose of advancing collaboration through the recently established NOAA Blue Carbon Inventory (BCI) Project.

On May 24, the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) hosted a Drought Update and Wildfire Outlook Webinar for California and the Southwest. The webinar summary and recording are now available. The webinar provided stakeholders and other interested parties in the region with timely information on the current drought status and outlook, as well as the wildland fire potential outlook.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked for 2021. In May, the monthly average reached 419 parts per million (ppm), the highest level since accurate measurements began 63 years ago.

NOAA and Boeing are teaming up to evaluate the best placement for a NOAA greenhouse gas sampling system on a commercial jet. This is a first step toward an expansion of NOAA’s global atmospheric sampling network to include commercial airliners in the U.S. and International airlines in these critical data-gathering efforts.

NOAA Sea Grant in North Carolina partnered with state and local groups to evaluate strategies for coping with inland road flooding during tropical storms and hurricanes.

Change in the percent of time the groundwater is above target level. Adapted from analysis and figures in Chang, S. J., W. Graham, J. Guerink, N. Wanakule, and T. Asefa. "Evaluation of impacts of futu ...

Change in available water from the Hillsborough River. Adapted from analysis and figures in Chang, S. J., W. Graham, J. Guerink, N. Wanakule, and T. Asefa. "Evaluation of impacts of future climate cha ...

Global sensitivity analysis where GCM and water use scenarios are more equivalent. Adapted from analysis and figures in Chang, S. J., W. Graham, J. Guerink, N. Wanakule, and T. Asefa. "Evaluation of i ...

Global sensitivity analysis. Adapted from analysis and figures in Chang, S. J., W. Graham, J. Guerink, N. Wanakule, and T. Asefa. "Evaluation of impacts of future climate change and water use scenario ...

Retrospective versus future mean daily streamflow in the Hillsborough River. Adapted from analysis and figures in Chang, S. J., W. Graham, J. Guerink, N. Wanakule, and T. Asefa. "Evaluation of impacts ...