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Watching Birds, Tracking Climate
May 14, 2010 by Zoe Hoyle, USDA Forest Service
How is climate change affecting bird migration patterns? Birdwatchers are contributing their time, both in the field and online to answer that question.
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Counting Blossoms along a Canyon Trail
April 15, 2010 by Zack Guido, CLIMAS
"Curiosity is a cruel master," says Dave Bertelsen. He has logged over 12,000 miles of hiking in a desert canyon, just to see what was blooming.
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Solving the Mystery of Record Snows
March 26, 2010 by Martin Hoerling, Katy Human, and Barb Deluisi
NOAA scientists explain how two natural climate oscillations conspired to cause record-setting snowstorms in the mid-Atlantic region.
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A Hurricane in New England?

Featured Article : June 9, 2010
Peg Van Patten, Connecticut Sea Grant
In 1938, an unexpected Category 3 hurricane plowed across Long Island and into Connecticut. Could history repeat itself?


 

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Contiguous United States experiences third hottest summer on record
Mon, 10 Sep 2012
NOAA scientists also report that the average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during August was 74.4°F, 1.6°F above the long-term average, marking the 16th warmest August on record. The monthly analysis is produced by NOAA's National Climatic Data Center. See the summary and the full report. - read more »
Hurricane Central 2012: Your one-stop source for NOAA tropical cyclone news and information
Fri, 24 Aug 2012
Tracking Isaac? NOAA's got you covered: Get the latest forecast, advisories, radar images, fact sheets, links to preparedness resources and more on our comprehensive webpage, http://www.noaa.gov/hurricanecentral_2012. - read more »
NOAA raises hurricane season prediction despite expected El Niño
Thu, 09 Aug 2012
Updated outlook calls for near- or above-normal Atlantic season - read more »
July 2012 marked the hottest month on record for the contiguous United States
Wed, 08 Aug 2012
Drought expands to cover nearly 63 percent of the Lower 48; wildfires consume two million acres. - read more »
Earth's oceans and ecosystems still absorbing about half the greenhouse gases emitted by people
Wed, 01 Aug 2012
Earth's oceans, forests and other ecosystems continue to soak up about half the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by human activities, even as those emissions have increased, according to a study by University of Colorado and NOAA scientists published today in the journal Nature. - read more »