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As storms and rising seas reshape beaches, volunteers track changing coastlines

June 29, 2020

Volunteers measuring the slope of New Hampshire's Jenness Beach.

Can volcanic eruptions cause El Niño?

June 29, 2020

An eruption at Montserrat Volcano on October 11, 2009.

6 things forecasters want you to know about weather and climate

June 19, 2020

NOAA forecasters and researchers collaborate on a satellite data project at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma in 2018.

NOAA monthly U.S. and global climate report call is June 18

June 16, 2020

Experts will recap May and provide outlooks through September

May 2020 tied for hottest on record for the globe

June 12, 2020

U.S. had a mild May and unusually warm Spring 2020

June 8, 2020

Heavy rainfall led to record flooding in parts of the nation

Michigan’s Bay Region sustained an unprecedented flooding event beginning May 19, 2020, following several days of heavy rain and multiple dam failures. At its peak, more than 20 state trunkline and local bridges were impacted by flooding, resulting in immediate closures to protect the motoring public. More than 10,000 households were evacuated in Midland County over a 24-hour period. Between May 19 and 26, five Michigan counties were declared to be a state of emergency (Midland, Gladwin, Saginaw,

Rise of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere continues unabated

June 4, 2020

Seasonal peak reaches 417 parts per million at Mauna Loa observatory

Atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked for 2021 in May at a monthly average of 419 parts per million (ppm), the highest level since accurate measurements began 63 years ago, according to scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. (2019 photo of observatory grounds, Big Island, Hawaii.)

NOAA monthly U.S. and global climate report call is May 22

May 20, 2020

Experts recap April and provide the U.S. summer outlook

April 2020 was Earth’s 2nd hottest April on record

May 13, 2020

‘Near-average’ April was marked by deadliest tornado outbreak in 6 years

May 6, 2020

NOAA meteorologists took this photo of a home in Oneanota, Alabama, that was destroyed by a deadly tornado outbreak that tore across the U.S. South and Southeast on April 12-13, 2020. It was the deadliest outbreak since 2014 and one of several in April 2020.

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