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Posted
Jun 25, 2014
Physical Climate, Observations, Human Health, Extreme Events

Last Month Was Earth's Hottest May on Record

Sun setting over power lines
Both NASA and NOAA have ranked May 2014 as the planet’s hottest May since records began in 1880. ​UPDATE: Since this article was published, June 2014, August 2014, September 2014, and October 2014 have also set records for monthly average temperatures.
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Posted
May 29, 2014
Oceans, Physical Climate, Observations, Ecosystems & Biodiversity, Education, Indicators, Human Health

Indicators Confirm: Climate Change is Here & Now

The EPA climate indicators report finds that lake ice in the northern U.S. is freezing later and thawing earlier
A new EPA report presents a set of 30 indicators that track the causes and effects of climate change . Written for general audiences, the report aims to help readers understand long-term climate-related trends observed across the atmosphere, oceans, snow and ice, ecosystems, and public health.
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Posted
May 20, 2014
Physical Climate, Coasts, Extreme Events

Tropical Cyclone “Maximum Intensity” Moving Poleward

Satellite view of a tropical cyclone
A NOAA-led study finds that over the past 30 years, the location where tropical cyclones reach maximum intensity has been shifting toward the poles in both the northern and southern hemispheres at a rate of about 35 miles, or one-half degree of latitude, per decade.
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Posted
May 6, 2014
National Climate Assessment

FACT SHEET: What Climate Change Means for Regions across America and Major Sectors of the Economy

“ …Science, accumulated and reviewed over decades, tells us that our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind…those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don’t have time to deny it—they’re busy dealing with it.” -- President Barack Obama, Remarks at Georgetown University, June 25, 2013. Today,
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Posted
May 6, 2014
National Climate Assessment

What Climate Change Means for Regions Across America

By Dr. John P. Holdren and Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan Today, the Obama Administration unveiled the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA)—the most comprehensive, authoritative scientific report ever generated about climate changes that are happening now in the United States and further changes that we can expect to see throughout this century.
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Posted
May 6, 2014
National Climate Assessment

Video: The National Climate Assessment

Dr. John Holdren , President Obama's Science Advisor, introduces the National Climate Assessment and discusses President Obama's climate action plan which takes an all of the above energy approach towards combatting climate change now. Learn more at http://www.whitehouse.gov/climate-change . Reposted from the White House Office of Science and
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Posted
May 6, 2014

USGCRP Releases National Climate Assessment, Launches New Website

Cover of the Third National Climate Assessment
Today, delivering on our legal mandate and the President’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Global Change Research Program released the Third National Climate Assessment, the most comprehensive, authoritative, transparent scientific report on U.S. climate change impacts ever generated. The report confirms that climate change is affecting every region of the country and key sectors of the U.S. economy and society.
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