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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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A brown cow standing in a dry pasture with a hazy blue sky overhead.
August 1, 2024

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for July 30, 2024

According to the July 30, 2024 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers 16.9% of the United States including Puerto Rico, a slight decrease from last week’s 17.0%. The worst drought categories (extreme to exceptional drought) stayed about the same as last week’s 1.2%.

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A chaceon crab below methane hydrate and on top of large mussels.
February 28, 2023
Updated July 26, 2024

Visualizing Coastal Ocean Acidification

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

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The NOAA Okeanos Explorer docked at port.
July 31, 2024
Updated July 26, 2024

NCEI Scientist at Sea: From Collection to Archive

Web story discussing a NCEI scientist’s experiences aboard the Okeanos Explorer.

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A bird in a large puddle of water collected on the grass.
July 25, 2024

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for July 23, 2024

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 17.0% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

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Sunset over Vermont’s Green Mountains near Woodstock, Vermont
July 24, 2024

NASA DEVELOP and NCEI welcome Summer 2024 Interns

Meet NASA DEVELOP’s summer 2024 interns at NCEI and learn about their exciting research.

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Multi-color map of Real-Time High Definition Geomagnetic Model field and dip disturbance
May 29, 2019
Updated July 19, 2024

Modeling Earth’s Geomagnetic Fields

Our High Definition Geomagnetic Model (HDGM) provides a clearer picture of Earth’s magnetic field.

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Eight black and white images of the same pterapod shell in stages of dissolution.
August 26, 2022
Updated July 19, 2024

Quantifying the Ocean Carbon Sink

The newest version of the Surface Ocean Carbon Atlas (SOCATv2024) database is now available via NCEI.

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Desiccated landscape with two large holes in the land filled with green tinted water.
July 18, 2024

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for July 16, 2024

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 17.4% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

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Silhouette of a person staring at the Milky Way
July 12, 2024

Assessing the Global Climate in June 2024

The global land and ocean temperature departure from average for June 2024 was the highest on record.

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Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park.
July 11, 2024

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for July 9, 2024

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 16.4% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

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