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Is the polar vortex causing the U. S. cold air outbreak?

Laura Ciasto, Amy Butler | January 8, 2025

Is the polar vortex to blame for this recent cold air outbreak? We don’t think so. This seems like a case of the polar vortex getting blamed for being a trouble maker, when it was actually minding its own business.

U. S. climate outlook for January 2025

Mike Halpert | January 2, 2025

Models and other forecasting tools favor a warm West/cool East temperature split in January along with a wet Northwest/dry Southwest precipitation split.

NOAA, UCAR renew, expand partnership to advance extreme weather research

December 30, 2024

NOAA and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)offsite link acting on behalf of the National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR)offsite link sign ...

Ships of Opportunity investigate the ocean's uptake of carbon

December 27, 2024

Through partnerships with private-industry cruiseliners, cargo vessels, sailboats, and moorings, the Ships of Opportunity Program enables researchers to track the global ocean’s uptake of carbon.

'Shelton Johnson Calls' from the Art x Climate Gallery

December 27, 2024

Released in 2023, the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) includes an Art × Climate gallery. This work by Amuri Morris focuses on Shelton Johnson's life mission to encourage Black people to reconnect with the natural world.

A year of science and innovation: Reflections from 2024

December 22, 2024

Throughout 2024, NOAA Research continued work to better understand challenges Americans face: droughts, floods, severe weather, heat waves and other environmental hazards.

'Oak Forest, Eighteen Months After the Fire' from the Art x Climate Gallery

December 19, 2024

Released in 2023, the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) includes an Art × Climate gallery. This work by Jenny Helbraun Abramson focuses on the devastation following the Tubbs Fire.

Predicting the chances of a polar vortex disruption this winter

Amy Butler, Laura Ciasto | December 19, 2024

What are the odds of a stratospheric polar vortex disruption this winter? We take a look at two things that help predict our chances for this extreme event.

NOAA's Climate Program Office and Marine Protected Area Center collaborate on new story map for Blue Carbon Inventory Project

December 13, 2024

The NOAA Climate Program Office and the NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center have launched a new story map for the NOAA Blue Carbon Inventory Project.

Using Blue Carbon as a nature-based solution to enhance the management and carbon accounting of coastal ecosystems through international collaboration

December 13, 2024

The NOAA Blue Carbon Inventory Project works with partner countries to advance the development of climate change mitigation, coastal wetland management, and resilience strategies that reflect the societal and climate value of coastal wetlands.

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