For three decades now, I have watched Earth warm—not through headlines or politics, but in my own data. Every year, the ...

Daniel Swain will be a guest speaker for Distinctive Voices, a series of scientific public lectures presented by the National Academy of Sciences. He will discuss “Climate Change Through the Lens of ...

No country is safe from the devastating impacts of extreme weather — and saving lives means making early-warning systems ...

The Trump administration cut a NOAA program that had tracked weather events that caused at least $1 billion in damage. A ...

Extreme weather events can come with a hefty price tag. From power outages and frozen pipes to spoiled food and damaged electronics, the costs of being unprepared can add up quickly. Whether it’s a ...

The first half of 2025 logged the most damaging extreme weather on record in terms of cost, even after accounting for inflation, data shows. This is partly because of a handful of extraordinary events ...

The '10 New Insights in Climate Science 2025/2026' report summarises the work of an international team of scientists, ...

Just as rivers flow across the land, sustaining communities, livelihoods and biodiversity, ‘invisible rivers’ flow above us, carrying more water vapour than all the rivers on Earth combined. These ...

The United Nations chief has delivered a strong defense of science and weather forecasting as the Trump administration ...

A pattern of getting rid of statistics has emerged that echoes the president’s first term, when he suggested if the nation stopped testing for Covid, it would have few cases. The NOAA Center for ...