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News

There’s a lot going on at NCEI. Discover more about us and Earth’s climate, oceans, coasts, and geophysics in these featured news stories.

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Southwest Florida digital elevation model near the landfall location of Hurricane Irma near Cudjoe Key.

March 21, 2023

Improving Coastal Resiliency with Digital Elevation Models

NCEI creates coastal digital elevation models that support NOAA's mission to understand and predict changes in Earth's environment.

Field of yellow daffodils in bloom with purple-ish blue sky in the background.

March 16, 2023

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for March 14, 2023

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 29.9% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

Sea front landscape in historic Istanbul, Turkey with the sunset igniting the sky in purple and pink hues, and the reflection making the water appear purple.

March 14, 2023

Assessing the Global Climate in February 2023

In February 2023, the global average temperature was 1.75°F (0.97°C) above average, the fourth warmest on record.

Image of Earth with computer code overlaid.

March 14, 2023

Democratizing Data

Editorial highlights the importance of data democratization for environmental data to be discoverable, accessible, equitable, and usable.

Photo of snow accumulation on a road in western North Carolina in March 1993 courtesy of the National Weather Service

March 13, 2017

Updated March 13, 2023

On This Day: The 1993 Storm of the Century

In March 1993, the Storm of the Century struck the U.S. East Coast, claiming more than 270 lives and causing billions of dollars in damage.

River running through a valley with green-tinted water; mountains are in the background with storm clouds over them.

March 9, 2023

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for March 7, 2023

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 31.5% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

Early spring landscape with snow-capped mountains in the background and trees beginning to bloom in an open valley in the forefront.

March 8, 2023

Assessing the U.S. Climate in February 2023

In February, the average contiguous U.S. temperature was 36.5°F, which is 2.7°F above the 20th-century average.

March 6, 2023

Humans of NCEI: Derek Arndt

Get to know Derek Arndt, the new director of NCEI.

Field of grass in the forefront with a patch of snow to the right, along with layers of mountains and cloudy sky in the background.

March 2, 2023

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for February 28, 2023

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 32.1% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

A chaceon crab below methane hydrate and on top of large mussels.

February 28, 2023

Visualizing Coastal Ocean Acidification

The North American Coastal Ocean Acidification Indicators Climatologies provide valuable ocean acidification information for the coastal ocean.