• Ocean

Now’s the Time for NOAA

• climate change
• healthy ocean
• National Climate Assessment
• NOAA
• ocean
• ocean acidification
• science
• scientific integrity

by Margaret Spring and Justin Kenney Preparing to take office on January 20, President-elect Joe Biden is building the most qualified and experienced team of experts that any president has assembled to address the climate change crisis. As excited and hopeful as we are about the Biden Administration’s extraordinary climate team, there is a major […]

• Weather

Tropical Storm Eta Threatens Florida, With More Storms Brewing

• extreme weather
• hurricane
• Miami
• National Climate Assessment
• tropical storm

After a year of devastating storms, yet another storm, Tropical Storm Eta, drenches and batters Florida and Cuba. The storm has moved into the Gulf of Mexico where it is expected to meander and then move north toward the Florida coast again.

Why this Matters: Eta is the first storm of 2020 to make landfall in Florida, and five named storms hit Louisiana, Hurricanes Delta, Laura, and Zeta, as well as Tropical Storms Cristobal and Marco.

• Climate Change

Trump Administration Foot Dragging on Next National Climate Assessment

• climate change
• Climate Denial
• National Climate Assessment
• NOAA

The next National Climate Assessment is supposed to be released in 2022, but it may be delayed because the Trump Administration is slowing the work by the interagency science group that prepares it, E&ENews reported yesterday.

Why This Matters:  These climate assessments are prepared every four years and provide the major description of what the U.S. can expect from climate change broken down by both region and economic sector.