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Climate Change & Global Warming
- Department:May 19, 2015
From soybeans and sunflowers in North Dakota to cotton and winter wheat in Texas, large stretches of croplands in the U.S. Great Plains rely exclusively on rain. Those croplands are likely to face longer dry spells by mid-century.
- Department:April 27, 2015
Charles Keeling's measurements of carbon dioxide from the summit of Mauna Loa have become a landmark for mankind’s impact on the Earth. In this video, NOAA scientists talk about the history of the observations that allow us to connect Earth's warming climate to the greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels.
- Department:April 24, 2015
ENSO is a complicated thing to model. What are the challenges, and how can we overcome them?
- Department:April 23, 2015
Strong evidence suggests that mountain areas are warming more quickly than lower elevations—with serious consequences for water supplies. But historical weather observations from mountain ranges are limited, leaving scientists with plenty of questions.
- Department:April 14, 2015
While many of us were wrapped up in March Madness this spring, Alaska residents and people across the globe participated in a different kind of competition.
- Department:April 6, 2015
In northern Alaska, ponds are shrinking and disappearing as the frozen ground beneath them thaws. The loss may have serious consequences for migratory birds and the subsistence hunters that depend on them.
- Department:March 31, 2015
An extreme precipitation event in 2008 cost one Upper Midwest town more than a million dollars in infrastructure repairs. Now, other municipalities can simulate how a similar event might affect them.
- Department:March 27, 2015
A drought in the Southeast in 2011 gave cotton growers and consumers a preview of what could become a more common scenario for the main ingredient of our most comfortable clothes.
- Department:March 23, 2015
If you’re planting a garden this spring, this set of maps based on the U.S. Climate Normals data can help you see how planting zones across the country have shifted over the past few decades.
- Department:March 11, 2015
The United States has plenty of warming wiggle room before it gets too warm to snow, and a wetter atmosphere may boost snow totals for some storms.