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February 29, 2024

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 18.1% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

February 28, 2024

How does Leap Day disrupt the U.S. Climate Normals? NCEI scientists would tell you that it’s much more complicated than it seems.

February 21, 2024

Learn about the legacy of Dr. George Washington Carver, one of the prominent Black scientists of the early 20th century.

February 15, 2024

The Ocean Climate Laboratory released World Ocean Atlas 2023—Global Climatologies of Temperature, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, and Inorganic Nutrients.

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