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Richard Spinrad, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, hopes building owners, insurers, local officials and other federal agency heads use the agency's Climate Mapping ...

Scientists collect a lot of climate change data. With satellites, planes, field instruments and other technology, they monitor rising temperatures, changing snowpack and shifting precipitation ...

Just give me a map please! And they did. Check out the Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) Portal. This is a combined effort by the White House and Esri. Pretty nifty, if I do say so.

The impacts of climate change are being felt all over the world, but how will it impact how your hometown feels? An interactive web application from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental ...

SUN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 20: An entrance to southbound Interstate 5 is blocked due to flooding as tropical storm Hilary moves through the area on August 20, 2023 in Sun Valley, California.

Imagine it’s a Saturday morning in Santa Monica in the year 2080. You brew your coffee, open your front door and breathe in the hot, dry air of ... San Bernardino? That’s the potential future if ...

When Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim was growing up in the 1980s, along the shores of Lake Chad, she was dazzled by her elder’s knowledge of the land. “Reading the clouds, listening to the wind, they could ...