Sir James Clark Ross first discovered the North Magnetic Pole in northern Canada in 1831. Since 1831, the pole has been moving across the Canadian Arctic toward Russia. NCEI scientists with the ...

On an early May morning in 1883, the captain of the German warship Elisabeth spotted a cloud of ash and dust rising above the uninhabited island of Krakatau. Little did the captain know that his ...

NCEI created the satellite anomalies database from external data in an effort to more clearly understand and document how space weather events affected satellites. Connecting individual anomalies to ...

Globally, September 2026 ranked as the second-warmest September on record, trailing only 2023. Global sea surface temperature departure from average reached an all-time high for any month, surpassing ...

A series of Arctic air masses brought bitterly cold temperatures as far as the Deep South and Florida, accompanied by significant snow and ice impacts. Seven western states set record-warm ...

A vital component of Earth’s atmosphere, carbon dioxide (CO2) is released through natural processes, like the breath of animals, and through human activities, like burning fossil fuels and ...

A geomagnetic storm lies behind every inspiring aurora in our skies. The mystery behind these shimmering curtains of neon-like light isn’t a mystery to scientists who study space weather. Rather than ...

Last month saw the publication of the 2025 State of the Geomagnetic Field Report. The report details the current state of Earth’s main magnetic field, and provides a performance analysis of the most ...

In the aftermath of tropical cyclones, images of flattened buildings, uprooted trees, and flooded streets dominate news coverage. But some storm damage can’t be captured in photographs: Hurricanes ...

NCEI has expanded the contents of the NOAA Ocean Exploration Benthic Deepwater Animal Identification Guide to include images of marine animals from the Gulf of Alaska. The guide is a collection of in ...

The average temperature for the CONUS in September was 69.4°F, 4.6°F above the 20th-century average, making it the warmest September in the 132-year record, surpassing the previous record set in 1998 ...

Leveraging NOAA's environmental data improves risk modeling and analysis for the insurance sector, supporting faster recovery from extreme events and informing decision making surrounding insurance ...