More on ENSO

In this press release from the University of Hawaiʻi, Axel Timmermann of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and colleagues discuss their new article in Science about the impact of El Niño on East Africa. Check out this previous post to see a NOAA animation of ENSO in action!

July's Extreme Heat

Vegetation anomalies in North America (July 2011)

Throughout July 2011, the United States experienced extraordinarily high temperatures and many states in the Southwest felt the effects of drought conditions. The impact of this drought on vegetation growth can be seen in the photo above. The image, from the NASA Earth Observatory, displays vegetation anomalies across North America in July. To learn about the national weather pattern that caused such extreme conditions, visit this NOAA page. The progression of the heatwave can be seen in these two NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory animations that show how conditions changed throughout the second half of the month:

• High Dew Point Makes Heatwave Miserable
• Heat Wave Sweeps Across The U.S.

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