
Tennessee Wildfire Is “Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen”
Scores of homes are gone and up to 2,000 people have been evacuated to emergency shelters

Tennessee Wildfire Is “Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen”
Scores of homes are gone and up to 2,000 people have been evacuated to emergency shelters

U.S. Poised to Launch Next-Generation Advanced Weather Satellite
GOES-R will provide a “superhigh-definition” view of Earth’s weather


La Niña Likely to Exacerbate Southern Drought
The climate event brings warm, drier weather to the southern U.S., but thankfully its effects will likely be short-lived this year

Greenhouse Gases Made West Coast Drought Worse
Excessive warmth, not lack of precipitation, drove low snowpack in Spring 2016

Cosmic Rays May Threaten Space-Weather Satellite
DSCOVR’s computer may be suffering from radiation-induced glitches, months after it became the primary sentinel for incoming solar storms

Dreaded Polar Vortex May Be Shifting
As the Arctic wind pattern migrates toward Europe it could allow frigid air to descend upon the U.S.

Hurricane Matthew Monitors Fly into the Belly of the Beast
NOAA storm scientists describe their harrowing trips into a swirling chaos of rain, dust, salt and bacteria

U.N. Expecting Cholera Upsurge in Haiti
Hurricane damage to sanitation systems could fuel further cases

Hurricane Matthew Forces Closure of Kennedy Space Center
A “ride-out” team of 139 people is staying through the two-day shutdown

The U.S. Is About to Get Much Better Weather Satellites
They will provide four times better image resolution and five times faster coverage

How Much Do El Niño and La Niña Affect Our Weather?
This fickle and influential climate pattern often gets blamed for extreme weather. A closer look at the most recent cycle shows that the truth is more subtle

Insurance May Be Dropped for Properties That Repeatedly Flood
One percent of policy holders make 25 to 30 percent of claims