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Wildfire season and fire weather: A media resource guide
June 16, 2021
The Bobcat Fire started in and around Angeles National Forest in California on September 6, 2020. As of October 5, the fire has burned through more than 115,000 acres. In this Inciweb photo, a helicopter flies over a portion of the fire to help distinguish it. More information and photos available at Inciweb, www.inciweb.nwcg.gov.
NOAA monthly U.S., global climate report call: June 17
June 15, 2021
Experts recap May and provide outlooks through September
A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage.
May 2021 tied for 6th-warmest May on record for the globe
June 14, 2021
The year to date remained among the top-10 warmest
A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage.
May capped off a warm, dry spring and ushered in 1st tropical storm of 2021
June 8, 2021
Part of Gulf Coast recovering from last summer’s hurricanes hit with severe flooding
A car in front of a close business sits partially submerged in a flooded parking lot in Lake Charles, Louisiana, May 17, 2021.
Carbon dioxide peak in May breaks another record
June 7, 2021
Atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked for 2021 in May at a monthly average of 419 parts per million (ppm), the highest level since accurate measurements began 63 years ago, according to scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. (2019 photo of observatory grounds, Big Island, Hawaii.)
Greenhouse gases amplified global warming in 2020
May 24, 2021
Methane flares burn at sunset in the Bakken oil and gas fields in North Dakota in this 2014 photo.
NOAA predicts another active Atlantic hurricane season
May 20, 2021
NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured this image of Hurricane Laura on August 26, 2020 as it approached the Gulf Coast.
NOAA monthly U.S., global climate report call: May 21
May 18, 2021
Experts recap April and provide outlooks through August
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April 2021 and year to date were among Earth’s top-10 warmest
May 13, 2021
Arctic sea ice coverage was 6th smallest on record
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April 2021 was fairly dry and a bit warm for much of the U.S.
May 7, 2021
It was an unusually quiet month for tornado activity
A man, woman, and child walk in an open field in Idaho with dry brush and mountains in the background. April 2021.
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