National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Biden doubling spending to prepare for hurricanes, storms

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Last year alone, the nation endured 22 separate weather and climate-related disasters with losses greater than $1 billion each. The disasters, including wildfires, hurricanes and snowstorms, had a cumulative price tag of nearly $100 billion.

Drought more likely than blizzards this winter, forecasters say

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

U.S. weather officials are predicting a mostly warmer than normal winter, but they are also worried about a worsening drought.

NOAA assailed for defending Trump’s Hurricane Dorian claim

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Former top officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are assailing the agency for undermining its weather forecasters as it defends President Donald Trump’s statement from days ago that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama. They say NOAA’s action…

July sets new global heat record

By Associated Press

July was 1.71 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 20th century average for the month, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

2017 is on track to be a record-setting year for massive natural disasters in the U.S.

By Laura Santhanam

So far, 2017 has produced 15 major U.S. natural disasters and shows no sign of slowing down. Here's a look at these disasters by the numbers.

2016 was the hottest year on record and other takeaways from NOAA’s new climate report

By Dayana Morales Gomez

Last year was the hottest on record, according to a new report from the American Meteorological Society. The group's annual State of the Climate report, led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, found global temperatures and the amount of…

Last month was the hottest March since record keeping began

By Triana Kalmanoff

Last month the average global temperature was the highest recorded for March since record keeping began in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.

Mauna Loa Birthplace of Global CO2 Monitoring

By Larisa Epatko

As nations move forward with managing carbon dioxide emissions, how will they track their progress? The answer comes in part from a global network of CO2 sampling sites that was born decades ago at Mauna Loa in Hawaii.