PMEL in the News
La Niña really can’t come soon enough
The climate phenomenon should cool the world. But first, we have to make it through another sweltering summer.
Hurricanes, heatwaves and rising seas: The impacts of record ocean heat
Record ocean temperatures suggest the seas are warming faster than expected, and the impacts will be felt from polar ice shelves to coastal cities across the globe.
Planet NOAA Podcast Episode 3: Earth Day is every day
Listen to episode 3 of NOAA's podcast about NOAA's conservation, preservation, and sustainability work during Earth Month and beyond. Bob Dziak of PMEL's passive acoustics research team is a podcast guest.
Global ocean heat has hit a new record every single day for the last year
The world’s oceans have now experienced an entire year of unprecedented heat, with a new temperature record broken every day, new data shows.
Impacts of global warming
After a twelve-month set of climate records driven by global warming it is time to take stock of how we’re impacting the planet as a species. One of the driving forces behind a record year of global warming is the now waning El Niño system. With its counterpart, La Niña, due to pick up in 2024, we ask NOAA oceanographer Mike McPhaden what to expect from this transition and if we are headed for a turbulent hurricane season.