The gush of water that poured down the Mendenhall River near Juneau on August 4-6 did "decades worth" of erosion in a single weekend.| NOAA Climate.gov
Present since the last ice age, most of the world's glaciers are now shrinking or disappearing altogether as the climate gets warmer.| NOAA Climate.gov
Across the globe, changes in salinity over time generally match changes in precipitation: places where rainfall declines become saltier, while places where rainfall increases become fresher. Where did saltiness change over the past decade?| NOAA Climate.gov
In the past 60 years, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 100-200 times faster than it did during the end of the last ice age.| NOAA Climate.gov
Current Status| NOAA Climate.gov
With Hurricane Helene at the top of the list, there were 27 disasters in the United States in 2024 that individually cost $1 billion or more. It was the second-highest number since the NOAA record began in 1980.| NOAA Climate.gov
With 28 events, 2023 easily surpassed 2020 as the year with the most billion-dollar disasters in the U.S. The preliminary price tag is at least $92.9 billion.| NOAA Climate.gov
Earth's surface temperature has risen about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the start of the NOAA record in 1850. It may seem like a small change, but it's a tremendous increase in stored heat.| NOAA Climate.gov
With 28 events, 2023 easily surpassed 2020 as the year with the most billion-dollar disasters in the U.S. The preliminary price tag is at least $92.9 billion.| NOAA Climate.gov