Saildrone launches second campaign to monitor US hurricane season using drones
Marine drone developer Saildrone has partnered with NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research to…
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CIRES launches C-SEF to focus on impact of environmental extremes on communities
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder has…
NOAA pilot project to study flooding on the Mississippi River
NOAA and its partners have launched a new pilot project to study flooding on the…
Natural disasters account for US$65bn in losses for first half of 2022
Floods, earthquakes and storms caused overall losses of around US$65bn for the first half of…
Biden administration launches Heat.gov to assist communities facing extreme heat
The US government, through the interagency National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), has launched…
Rate of annual UK sea-level rise increasing, finds Met Office climate report
The Met Office has published its annual State of the UK Climate report for 2021,…
NOAA updates mapping tool to illustrate disaster risk and vulnerability at a community level
The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) has launched a comprehensive update to its Billion…
WMO publishes climate report for Latin America and the Caribbean
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its latest State of the Climate report for…
Record temperatures and heatwaves to become “normal” with climate change, warns WMO
WMO secretary-general Petteri Taalas has warned that the recent heatwaves and record temperatures in the…
Arctic temperatures increasing four times faster than global warming, finds study
Research from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has shown that the Arctic is…