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Third-Wettest Year in Arctic Wraps Up

by Jenessa Duncombe 13 December 202213 December 2022

The annual Arctic Report Card charts the rise in rain in northern latitudes and serves as a new “vital sign” of the region’s shifting climate.

Satellite image of Hurricane Ida overnight on the Gulf Coast
Posted inNews

Active Hurricane Season Expected in the Atlantic Ocean

by Jenessa Duncombe 24 May 202227 October 2022

La Niña conditions and warm ocean temperatures have set the stage for another busy tropical storm year.

Three red saildrones with built-in solar panels float in a line in the water beside a dock.
Posted inFeatures

An Unprecedented View Inside a Hurricane

by Gregory R. Foltz, Chidong Zhang, Christian Meinig, Jun A. Zhang and Dongxiao Zhang 6 May 202223 June 2022

To improve future tropical cyclone forecasts, researchers sent a remotely operated saildrone into the extreme winds and towering waves around the eye of a category 4 hurricane.

Close-up of ocean waves with the Sun setting in the background.
Posted inNews

Once Extreme Ocean Temperatures Are the New Normal

by Krystal Vasquez 16 March 20228 November 2022

A new analysis finds extreme warming events in the ocean have increased relative to the very far past, with nearly 60% of the ocean experiencing extreme heat in 2019.

A close-up photograph of the eye of Hurricane Dorian.
Posted inNews

Your Summer Outlook: Cloudy with an Above-Normal Chance of Hurricanes

by Jenessa Duncombe 20 May 202128 April 2022

Get ready for another above-average hurricane season, but it likely won’t be as busy as last year.

A photo of Stephen Griffies and a JAMES cover.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Introducing the New Editor in Chief of JAMES

by Stephen M. Griffies 2 March 202121 October 2022

Find out about the person taking the helm of AGU’s dedicated earth system modeling journal, JAMES, and his vision for the coming years.

Sea ice in Alaska in 1982 compared to 2018
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Arctic Report Card Founder Discusses the Fate of the Pole

by Jenessa Duncombe 11 February 20212 September 2022

Researcher Jackie Richter-Menge has reported on the status of the melting Arctic for the past 15 years. Her observations tell a story of “mind-blowing change.”

Water rushing down the damaged Oroville dam spillway into the river.
Posted inNews

How Infrastructure Standards Miss the Mark on Snowmelt

by Jackie Rocheleau 16 October 20208 September 2022

Nationwide, civil engineers consider precipitation values from NOAA to design their structures. But those values are missing another contributor to flood risk: snowmelt.

Satellite image of Hurricanes Katia, Irma, and Jose
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NOAA Predicts Busy Hurricane Season

by Jenessa Duncombe 21 May 202020 May 2022

FEMA issued new guidance yesterday advising states to prepare for evacuations during the pandemic.

Former NOAA chief Jane Lubchenco speaks into a microphone while seated at a table.
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Former NOAA Head Calls for Renewed Social Contract for Science

by Randy Showstack 13 December 20197 January 2022

Jane Lubchenco says this is a “moment of truth” about climate change and that scientists need to think about their obligations and responsibilities to society.

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