National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Kittiwake Committee: Monitoring Black-legged kittiwakes in Homer, Alaska

I’m Galen June, and I’m studying marine biology with a minor in statistics at Old Dominion University. I spent my summer in ...
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NOAA upgrades flagship U.S. global weather model

Model improvements will enhance forecasts for a wide range of weather ...
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NOAA, NASA: 2025 ozone hole is 5th smallest since 1992

Scientists with NOAA and NASA have ranked this year’s ozone hole over the Antarctic as the fifth smallest since 1992 — the year that the Montreal Protocol, a landmark international agreement to phase ...
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The peak of the hurricane season – why now?

By mid-October, when winter begins to give autumn a little nudge, strong upper-level winds bring increased wind shear to much of the Atlantic basin, while both the air and water temperatures cool. The ...
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NOAA confirms 4th global coral bleaching event

The world is currently experiencing a global coral bleaching event, according to NOAA scientists. This is the fourth global event on record and the second in the last 10 years. Bleaching-level heat ...
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JetStream Max: Wind and Sea Scales

In order to safely navigate the oceans, different measures, or scales, have been developed to describe wind and wave conditions.
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Montreal Protocol emerges as a powerful climate treaty

A new report from the U.N., which includes key scientific contributions from NOAA and international partners, confirms that the recovery of Earth’s protective ozone layer is on track, and that the ...
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Tropical storms and hurricanes in winter and spring?

Two years ago this month the nation was in the middle of spring but NOAA’s National Hurricane Center was issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm for that year. This was a ...
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Administration revises Endangered Species Act regulations to strengthen certainty, reduce burdens and uphold law

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service and the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced four proposed rules to restore Endangered Species Act regulations to their ...
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Nancy A. Hann to be promoted to vice admiral and named NOAA deputy under secretary

Current NOAA DUSO Ben Friedman to retire NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Rear Adm. Nancy A. Hann has been selected for promotion to the rank of vice admiral and will serve as NOAA’s deputy under ...
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Five historically huge solar events

Space weather impacts numerous facets of everyday life, including power grids, communications, airline operations, global positioning systems (GPS), and satellites. In addition, there are a large ...
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Pacific Hurricanes Fausto and Genevieve actually had origins near Africa

NOAA's GOES West satellite captured this image of three tropical cyclones — Hurricanes Fausto and Genevieve and Typhoon Dolphin — swirling simultaneously in the Pacific Ocean. The image was taken on ...