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'Terrifying' Hot Streak Continues as NOAA Says 2021 6th Warmest Year on Record

The analysis comes as a new survey shows a growing number of Americans are "alarmed" about the climate emergency.

Jessica Corbett · Jan 13, 2022

Flames rip across a hillside behind a building donning a U.S. flag as the Caldor Fire pushes into South Lake Tahoe, California on August 30, 2021. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

NOAA Report Shows 310 Climate-Linked Disasters Cost US Over $2 Trillion Since 1980

Brett Wilkins · Jan 10, 2022

Ocean Heating This Century Could Create Hurricane Conditions Unseen in 3 Million Years: Study

Brett Wilkins · Dec 29, 2021

Experts Warn NOAA Plan Might 'Delay' Right Whales Extinction, But Not Save Them

Jessica Corbett · Aug 31, 2021

A deer wanders amid smoke of California fire

'All of the Sirens Are Going Off': NOAA Says July Was Hottest Month Ever Recorded

Jake Johnson · Aug 13, 2021

Despite Pandemic Shutdowns, CO2 Now at Levels Unseen in 3.6 Million Years

NOAA warned that carbon dioxide and methane "continued their unrelenting rise in 2020."

Jessica Corbett · Apr 8, 2021

'We Have to Act': Atmospheric CO2 Passes 420 PPM for First Time Ever

"It is truly groundbreaking," Greta Thunberg said of the growing concentration of the heat-trapping gas. "And I don't mean that in a good way."

Kenny Stancil · Apr 6, 2021

Impeached Twice, Trump's Presidency Was a Climate Disaster

The world burned on Trump’s watch, leaving behind a horrendous lasting environmental legacy.

Andy Rowell · Jan 15, 2021

'A Profoundly Troubling Pick': Progressives Slam Biden Choice of Gov. Raimondo for Commerce Chief

"Raimondo has a history of supporting cuts to public assistance programs, selling public pensions to Wall Street, undermining labor unions, and grossly mishandling Rhode Island's Covid-19 response."

Andrea Germanos · Jan 7, 2021

Is 2020's Record-Breaking Hurricane Season What the Future Holds?

"Globally, tropical cyclones are about 25 percent more likely to be at major-hurricane intensity now than four decades ago. The chances of rapid intensification in the 1980s was about one in 100 in the Atlantic. Nowadays, the chances are 1 in 20."

Tina Gerhardt · Dec 10, 2020

NOAA Research Shows Climate Crisis Primary Cause of 98% of Dead Florida Coral Reef

"Our work in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans shows a dire outlook for coral reef ecosystem health, from warming ocean waters, fishing, disease, and pollution from the land."

Julia Conley · Nov 18, 2020

Humans May Have Passed the 'Point of No Return' in Climate Crisis, Says Study—But That Doesn't Mean All Hope Is Lost

In order to roll back catastrophic carbon emissions, humans must "start developing the technologies for large-scale removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere," says one of the study's lead authors.

Brett Wilkins · Nov 12, 2020