NASA successfully launched the third in a series of next-generation weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 4:38 p.m. EST Tuesday. 

Today, the newest member of a family of storm-spotting satellites will head to space, carrying high-resolution cameras that will be used in real time to track everything from hurricanes and floods to wildfires and smoke, and even space weather.

An Oregon State University researcher is a lead author of an international report released today that explores the impact of climate change-driven human migration.

U.S. agricultural systems are world leaders in the production of food, fuel and fiber. 

Two new studies – a survey of residents in hurricane-battered Florida and Texas and a survey of people in wildfire-scarred California – reveal that negative personal experiences are among key variables in pushing people to take or accept protective measures like flood insurance and planned power shut offs.

If you’re feeling like the pandemic is never-ending, you’re not alone.

State-of-the-art seasonal forecast systems provide predictions of unusual climate conditions in the atmosphere, ocean, land and other components of the climate. 

The Australian wildfires in 2019 and 2020 were historic for how far and fast they spread, and for how long and powerfully they burned.

Imagine the feeling of flying on an airplane. Smooth sailing, clear skies, not a cloud in sight. 

Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a global increase of extreme fires of up to 14 per cent by 2030, 30 per cent by the end of 2050 and 50 per cent by the end of the century, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal.