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Global carbon dioxide growth in 2018 reached 4th highest on record

March 22, 2019

Mauna Loa Observatory is a premier atmospheric research facility that has been continuously monitoring and collecting data related to atmospheric change since the 1950's.

February 2019 ranked fifth hottest on record for the globe

March 18, 2019

Antarctica is colder than the Arctic, but it’s still losing ice

March 13, 2019

A line of tourists walks along an inlet in the Damoy Point area of the Antarctic Peninsula on January 4, 2018.

U.S. records wettest winter capped by a cooler, wetter February 2019

March 6, 2019

An atmospheric river drenched California with heavy rain and mountain snow the week of February 10, 2019, triggering flash floods, mudslides and winter storm warnings in the Sierra Nevada. This "conveyor belt" of clouds and moisture stretching across the Pacific Ocean easily stands out in this Feb. 14, 2019, infrared image from NOAA's newly operational GOES West (GOES-17) satellite.

Study examines centuries of data to understand links between climate and wildfires

March 4, 2019

Wildfire in California.

Intense drought in the U.S. Southwest persisted throughout 2018

February 25, 2019

Drought conditions in the U.S.

2018's billion-dollar disasters in context

February 22, 2019

U.S. Army Sgt. Rodrigo Estrada of the California Army National Guard's 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, leads a team conducting search and debris clearing operations, Nov. 17, 2018, in Paradise, California. Image with full caption and credit available at https://flic.kr/p/2ahrTWy.

El Nino conditions are here

February 22, 2019

Sea surface temperatures.

January 2019 was 3rd warmest on record for the globe

February 19, 2019

Record-warm temperatures felt across Australia and southern Brazil

NOAA monthly climate call: February 21

February 19, 2019

Experts recap January and provide outlooks through May

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