State of the Climate: National Climate Report 2021
This online resource compiles national climate data for the year 2021. Read More →
The effect of rainfall changes on economic production
This study assesses the distribution of rainfall at multiple timescales and the effects on different sectors in order to uncover channels through which climatic conditions can affect the economy.Read More →
Increased labor losses and decreased adaptation potential in a warmer world
This study examines the effect of global warming on labor and potential adaptations.Read More →
Arctic Report Card 2021: Rapid and pronounced warming continues to drive the evolution of the Arctic environment
This report provides environmental information on the current state of different components of the Arctic environmental system relative to historical records.Read More →
Multi-decadal increase of forest burned area in Australia is linked to climate change
This study finds that the factors driving increases in Australian burned areas are associated with anthropogenic climate change.Read More →
Environmental variability directly affects the prevalence of divorce in monogamous albatrosses
This study finds that the probability of divorce among the the long-lived black-browed albatross is directly affected by the environment, increasing in years with warm sea surface temperature anomalies.Read More →
Winter Tick Burdens for Moose Are Positively Associated With Warmer Summers and Higher Predation Rates
This study provides insights about interrelationships among climate, parasites, host/prey, and predators.Read More →
Plague risk in the western United States over seven decades of environmental change
This study finds that due to the changing climate, rodent communities at high elevations have become more conducive to the establishment of plague reservoirs and that spillover risk to humans at mid-elevations has increased as well.Read More →
Wildfire response to changing daily temperature extremes in California’s Sierra Nevada
This study quantifies the sensitivity of wildfire occurrence and burned area in the Sierra Nevada to daily meteorological variables during 2001–2020.Read More →
Forest fires and climate-induced tree range shifts in the western US
This study tests the sensitivity of tree range shifts to wildfire occurrence.Read More →