The earth is a noisy place. Seismometers, which measure ground movements to detect earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and manmade explosives, are constantly recording smaller vibrations caused ... ...

Counting the California wildfires as a single event, the U.S. experienced 16 weather or climate disasters costing at least $1 billion dollars, tying the year with 2011. Total estimated cost was a record-setting $306.2 billion.

Published : . October 2017. This report assesses county-level crop and cash rents estimates, and offers recommendations on methods for integrating data sources to provide more precise ...

Drought has deepened over the southwestern United States which has delayed the arrival of snow and start of winter for parts of Arizona.

Notice to Climate Explorer Users. * Home. An expanded and enhanced version of the Climate Explorer (Version 2.6) is now available at. Overview of changes in Version 2.6. Click any headline below to le ...

Summary: This assessment tool relies on available data and municipal staff’s own knowledge of their facilities and infrastructure to generate a relatively quick, low-cost assessment of the vulnerability of their assets to extreme weather.

Drought is about more than lack of rainfall.  A new tool keeps track of another major player: how thirsty the atmosphere is.

Published : . December 2017. The Arctic shows no sign of returning to reliably frozen region of recent past decades. Despite relatively cool summer temperatures, observations in 2017 ...

Published : . December 2017. This BAMS special report presents assessments of how human-caused climate change may have affected the strength and likelihood of individual extreme event ...

Summary of total overwintering colony losses in the United States across eleven years of the winter loss survey (yellow bars, October 1-April 1) and across six years of the summer (April 1-October 1) ...