Frigid Polar Vortex Unlikely to Repeat This Winter
NOAA's winter climate outlook suggests this winter will not be as unusual as last one
NOAA's winter climate outlook suggests this winter will not be as unusual as last one
So many storms in October is rare but not unprecedented
The record follows a trend over the past three years of anomalously high winter ice extents, providing a stark contrast to the inexorable decline of Arctic sea ice
The peak of the season in Tornado Alley in the U.S. has shifted seven days earlier in the past six decades
NOAA data suggests that 2014 is on a trend to edge out 2010 as the warmest year on record globally
Smoldering garbage turns out to be a significant source of the greenhouse gases causing climate change
These small, rotating columns of air can result from a mini-weather system that occurs when one piece of ground heats up faster than the ground surrounding it on a hot, calm, dry day
It's been more than two decades since the last hurricane hit the 50th state
El Niño conditions are still trying to form in the Pacific Ocean
Roughly two-thirds of the Golden State is now in exceptional drought
The statewide average temperature for the first six months of 2014 was 1.1 degree F warmer than it has been for the past 120 years of records
Atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gas, which helps drive global warming, haven’t been this high in somewhere between 800,000 and 15 million years
Refrozen meltwater causes sinuous layers of ice to build up beneath the flat expanse of the Greenland Ice Sheet
The past 12 months have been the warmest in Australia's recorded history, where average temperature has warmed by 1.6-degrees F since 1910
Bigger ocean waves might be more common nowadays as climate change alters wind patterns
In just a few days last week, some areas in Bosnia and Serbia received an amount of rain equivalent to one third of their annual total
The state got no rain relief during the December–March wet season, according to a new national drought report
Seasonal sea ice projections for this summer could be improved by including measurements of pools of water that collect on top of sea ice as it melts
Radar observations of glaciers along West Antarctica's Amundsen Sea suggest a runaway meltdown
The El Niño climate pattern building in the Pacific Ocean is also characterized by warmer average global temperatures and fewer hurricanes
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