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WMO Weathered the Cold War, but Can It Survive Capitalism?

by Bill Morris 26 June 202326 June 2023

After 150 years of international cooperation, meteorology’s “vast machine” is adapting to private weather forecasting.

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Outlook: Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season Expected

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 25 May 202330 May 2023

Atmospheric and oceanic features are simultaneously strengthening and suppressing hurricane activity this year.

Hurricane Hunters approach Hurricane Florence in 2018.
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Hunting Hurricanes

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 25 May 202325 May 2023

NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters risk their lives each time they fly into the eye of a storm to collect crucial data for forecasting, hurricane modeling, and research.

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Third-Wettest Year in Arctic Wraps Up

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 13 December 20227 March 2023

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
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Active Hurricane Season Expected in the Atlantic Ocean

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer 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.

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An Unprecedented View Inside a Hurricane

by Gregory R. Foltz, Chidong Zhang, Christian Meinig, Jun A. Zhang and Dongxiao Zhang 6 May 20226 April 2023

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.

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

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer 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.

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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.

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Arctic Report Card Founder Discusses the Fate of the Pole

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer 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.”

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9 March 20269 March 2026
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