November 30 marks the official end of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Throughout this active season, NOAA scientists set new records in tropical cyclone research.

NOAA has announced a new agreement to support evaluation of whether the ocean can safely remove and store billions of tons of carbon dioxide.

A new analysis found that ozone pollution readings in the Upper Midwest caused by massive Canadian wildfires in spring 2023 were the worst in decades.

Rare observations of surface currents in the Bay of Bengal will help scientists understand when an ocean current may veer in a direction opposite to what they expect.

New research indicates that year-to-year hurricane variability has already increased, and projects a further 36 percent increase by the middle of the 21st century.

The Air Quality and Community Health Research Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council has just published a website on air quality and human health.

Two new studies focusing on the tropical Pacific and atmospheric circulation uncover mechanisms driving extreme weather patterns and may help improve predictions.

Released in 2023, the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) includes an Art × Climate gallery. This photo of a spoonbill in South Carolina by Pamela Dechellis depicts an expansion of the birds range to the north.

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Heat-driven drying is playing a larger role than low precipitation in 21st-century Western droughts.