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Q&A: Climate expert on what tiny plankton can tell us about the ocean, past & present

May 1, 2020

Marine climate scientist Katherine Allen in the lab using a microscope as part of her marine research.

Spring 2020 brings rare ozone 'hole' over the Arctic

April 29, 2020

NOAA satellites observed an ozone hole developing over the Arctic March 10, 2020. In this snapshot, places where ozone amounts are less than 280 Dobson Units are shown in red.

Q&A: Meet NOAA's chief climate monitoring scientist Deke Arndt

April 21, 2020

Deke Arndt is the chief of NOAA's Climate Monitoring Section, located in Asheville, NC.

NOAA monthly U.S. and global climate report call is April 16

April 13, 2020

Experts recap March and provide outlooks through July 2020

Earth had its 2nd-hottest March on record

April 13, 2020

The year to date also ranked 2nd-warmest for the globe

Unusual warmth pushed March 2020 into top-10 hottest for U.S.

April 8, 2020

Nation has also seen two billion-dollar weather and climate disasters this year, so far

A March 3, 2020, photo from the NOAA National Weather Service post-storm survey in East Nashville, Tenn., showing heavy damage to a neighborhood after tornadoes ripped through the region March 2-3.

Arctic sea ice reached its annual high on March 5

March 25, 2020

Arctic Ocean sea ice hit its annual peak for this year on March 5, 2020: This color-coded map shows Arctic sea ice concentration on March 5, 2020. Darkest blue indicates open water or ice concentration less than 15 percent. Shades of lighter blue to white indicate 15–100 percent ice cover. The gold line shows the median ice extent for this date over 1981–2010, an area of 6.04 million square miles (15.64 million square kilometers). Median falls “in the middle” because half of the years in the

U.S. Spring Outlook forecasts another year of widespread river flooding

March 19, 2020

Above-average temperatures expected from coast to coast

Springtime along the foggy shoreline of the Kalamazoo River with a redbud tree in bloom. Michigan, USA. March 2020.

February 2020 ends as 2nd warmest on record for globe

March 17, 2020

This global map shows where February 2020 temperatures were up to 11° F (6° C) cooler (darkest blue) or warmer (darkest red) than the 1981-2010 average.

Earth just had its 2nd-hottest February on record

March 13, 2020

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