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Highlights from 'State of the Climate in 2023'

  2024-08-29 (or before) in Climate.gov

International report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global sea level, and ocean heat in 2023.

  Tagged under: Oceans


NOAA Coral Reef Watch extends alert scale following extreme coral heat stress in 2023

  2024-02-10 (or before) in Climate.gov

Last year's marine heat wave and coral bleaching was so unprecedented, NOAA had to add new risk levels to this satellite-based monitoring scale.

  Tagged under: Coral Reefs


Preliminary analysis says global warming more to blame than El Niño for Amazon’s ongoing record drought

  2024-02-08 (or before) in Climate.gov

2023 “exceptional” drought would have been two categories weaker and ~30 times less likely in a world without global warming.

  Tagged under: Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Global Warming | El Niño


Global Climate Dashboard

  2023-10-13 (or before) in Climate.gov

  Tagged under: Climate Data


Climate Change: Ocean Heat Content

  2023-10-04 (or before) in Climate.gov

More than 90 percent of the warming that has happened on Earth over the past 50 years has occurred in the ocean. Not all of that heating is detectable yet at the surface

  Tagged under: Oceans | Global Warming | Climate Change


Climate Change: Global Temperature

  2023-10-04 (or before) in Climate.gov

Earth's surface temperature has risen about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the start of the NOAA record in 1880.

  Tagged under: Climate Change


September 2023 ENSO Outlook: An El Niño convo

  2023-10-04 (or before) in Climate.gov

The September 2023 ENSO Outlook predicts El Niño will stick around at least through January-March 2024. But don't just take it from us, hear directly from the Pacific Ocean and tropical atmosphere, who join the blog to answer some questions.

  Tagged under: Oceans | Predictions | El Niño


Antarctic sea ice reaches an early winter record low in June 2023

  2023-07-03 (or before) in Climate.gov

Sea ice around the continent is the smallest ever observed for this point in the winter growth season.

  Tagged under: Antarctic


Climate Change: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

  2023-04-20 (or before) in Climate.gov

In the past 60 years, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 100 times faster than it did during the end of the last ice age.

  Tagged under: Climate Change


Climate Change: Ocean Heat Content

  2023-02-27 (or before) in Climate.gov

More than 90 percent of the warming that has happened on Earth over the past 50 years has occurred in the ocean. Not all of that heating is detectable yet at the surface

  Tagged under: Oceans | Climate Change


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