Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Researchers from NOAA and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, funded by CPO’s Climate Observations and Monitoring Program, have greater confidence that warming surface temperatures and increasing tropical cyclone intensity appear to go hand-in-hand.
Link between Earth’s heat and hurricane strength grows Read More »
The National Integrated Drought Information System will host an upcoming webinar and just released a webinar recording that discuss recent research which shows that anthropogenic warming is leading to an emerging megadrought in southwestern North America.
Megadrought in southwestern North America and implications for the Colorado River Read More »
The framework could help managers better assess, anticipate, and mitigate potential impacts of extreme warming events on wildlife health.
New framework helps predict effect of extreme warming events on wildlife disease Read More »
Climate models project dangerous combinations of heat and humidity by the end of the 21st century. New research says these extremes are already happening.
Dangerous humid heat extremes occurring decades before expected Read More »
The study demonstrates the value of fostering scientist-stakeholder relationships in catalyzing collaborative public health efforts.
Observations, in combination with models, are important for better understanding processes driving regional extreme heat events.
The role of sustained observations in regional extreme heat attribution Read More »
Many locations, both urban and rural, in the region experience frequent flood events and the results from these studies confirm that precipitation is changing and offer possible explanations/attribution for the observed changes.
Since 1990, the eleven CPO RISA teams have worked with governments, resource managers, tribes, and businesses to serve more than 400 communities, inform hundreds of local plans and policies, generate new research, and coordinate partnerships that promote social resilience.
NOAA looks back at 50 years of science Read More »
The findings have important implications for changes we are likely to see in the 21st century.
The authors found that an otherwise moderate drought in the western United States was made into the most severe drought of the last 500 years and that our warming climate is playing a key role.
Large contribution from anthropogenic warming to emerging megadrought Read More »