Climate

[ad_1] The Atlantic Niño, a key climate pattern in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and the counterpart to the well-known El Niño in the Pacific Ocean, influences rainfall, hurricanes, and other climate and weather worldwide. Scientists recently identified two distinct variations of the Atlantic Niño phenomenon that arise under different conditions, but those mechanisms have been […]

[ad_1] The Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), a NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) team, releases a new report on livestock producers’ experience with the Livestock Forage Disaster Plan (LFP). LFP is one of three disaster assistance programs for livestock producers impacted by climate hazards administered through the Farm Service Agency. The LFP program provides

[ad_1] Although wildfires have burned increasing land area in recent decades, a new Nature Communications study found a persistent fire deficit in many North American forest ecosystems. This means that forests today experience fewer fires than they did historically due to decades of fire suppression, land use changes, and the disruption of traditional burning practices.

[ad_1] In the Southwest, wildfires are a persistent threat. Credit: Southwest Wildfire Science Consortium The Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), a NOAA Climate Program Office Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) team, recently published an article titled, “How Are Weather and Climate Products and Decision Support Systems Used in Wildland Fire Decision-Making in the U.S. Southwest?”

[ad_1] Asset mapping in Santurce (San Juan), Puerto Rico. Credit: Feagan et al. 2025 The Climate Program Office’s Adaptation Sciences (AdSci) and Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) programs provided support for a new paper titled “Co-producing new knowledge systems for resilient and just coastal cities: A social-ecological-technological systems framework for data visualization.” This paper discusses how

[ad_1] The ocean is a crucial player in the global carbon cycle. Credit: NOAA Every year, scientists at AOML participate in the international effort led by the University of Exeter’s Global Systems Institute in developing the annual Global Carbon Budget Report, an assessment of global carbon emissions and the progress towards achieving the climate goals

[ad_1] Winter may be shortening in and around the Great Lakes. Credit: NOAA A deep look at the water in the Great Lakes shows that winters are about 14 days shorter than they were in 1995. The finding, outlined in a new paper published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, marks the first time that researchers

[ad_1] Clouds likely amplify warming, a new study has found. Credit: NASA Clouds play an important role in how much the Earth warms when greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide increase. However, scientists have struggled to determine whether low-level clouds in the tropics slow down or speed up global warming, creating uncertainty in climate predictions. A

[ad_1] Snow is crucial to the water supply in the western United States. Credit: NASA Weather forecasts struggle to predict how much snow will stick around, or how quickly it will melt away. Scientists are addressing this challenge by improving how climate models simulate snow, a crucial step to better predict droughts and water availability

[ad_1] Smoke from the January 2025 Los Angeles fires. Credit: NASA As the Los Angeles area faces severe wildland-urban interface fires, scientists are racing to understand the complex mix of pollutants from burning homes, vehicles, and infrastructure that remains largely unknown. Shantanu Jathar, PhD, a Colorado State University researcher supported by The Climate Program Office’s