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NOAA monthly U.S., global climate report call: November 18

November 16, 2021

October 2021 was world’s fourth warmest on record

November 15, 2021

Northern Hemisphere saw record-warm October land temperature

October 2021 was sixth warmest on record for U.S.

November 8, 2021

West Coast slammed by a powerful, record-setting storm and heavy rains

Satellite image of a powerful bomb cyclone as it neared the U.S. West Coast on October 24, 2021.

Climate and Equity Roundtables: NOAA’s chance to listen and learn

November 8, 2021

NOAA National Geodetic Survey emergency response imagery shows damage to buildings and homes in Houma, Louisiana, following Hurricane Ida.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide rebounds as global emissions near pre-COVID levels

November 5, 2021

An undated stock image of the sky above the cloud line.

Meet Ko Barrett: NOAA's senior climate advisor and IPCC vice-chair

November 2, 2021

Ko Barrett, NOAA’s senior climate advisor, poses for a photo with her dog.

NOAA experts and science on world stage at COP26 UN Climate Summit

November 1, 2021

Official graphic for the UN Climate Summit, COP26 in Glasgow.

Dr. Rick Spinrad on COP26: Climate crisis not a challenge for future, but ‘one we must confront today’

November 1, 2021

Antarctic ozone hole is 13th largest on record and expected to persist into November

October 27, 2021

Lt. Timothy Holland, NOAA Corps, emerges from a balloon assembly station with an ozonesonde attached to a weather balloon before releasing it over the South Pole.

Double-dip La Nina emerges

October 14, 2021

Climate pattern may influence remainder of hurricane season, winter ahead

What La Nina looks like: This graphic shows cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures along the equator is indicative of La Nina in the tropical Pacific Ocean in September 2021.

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