National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Trump Administration releases America First Seafood Strategy

Today, the Trump Administration announced the America First Seafood Strategy, a key directive under the president’s Executive ...
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NOAA ocean outlook projects cooler deep waters for Gulf of Maine

The Gulf of Maine, historically one of the fastest-warming ocean regions in the world, is predicted to experience cooler bottom-water temperatures this spring and summer, according to a new ...
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NOAA launches America’s first national water forecast model

Launched today and run on NOAA’s powerful new Cray XC40 supercomputer, the National Water Model uses data from more than 8,000 U.S. Geological Survey gauges to simulate conditions for 2.7 million ...
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El Nino looms large over U.S. Winter Outlook

Temperature Outlook Warmer-than-average temperatures are favored for northern California, the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Mississippi Valley, much of the East, Alaska and for Puerto Rico / U.S. Virgin ...
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Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels

Carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked for 2022 at 421 parts per million in May, pushing the atmosphere further into territory not seen for millions of ...
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How do snowflakes form? Get the science behind snow

Q: How are snowflakes formed? A: A snowflake begins to form when an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto a pollen or dust particle in the sky. This creates an ice crystal. As the ice crystal ...
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Commerce Department allocates $15.8M in fishery disaster funding to Fla., Calif., and Makah Tribe

Today, NOAA announced the allocation of $15.8 million in fishery resource disaster funding, appropriated by Congress in the American Relief Act, 2025. The funding will address multiple fishery ...
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Private, public effort contains 1 million gallons of oil at longest U.S. spill

Eighteen years ago, Taylor Energy’s MC20 oil production platform collapsed in an underwater mudslide caused by Hurricane Ivan, spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico from the well site. This week marks ...
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NOAA strengthens commitment to world-class tsunami monitoring and detection in Pacific

A new agreement between NOAA, the Alaska Mesonet and the seismic network operated by the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Alaska Earthquake Center (UAF AEC) is funding nine AEC-owned seismic stations ...
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Biden-Harris Administration shares new land cover data to help communities understand coastal change

The difference between 30-meter and high-resolution land cover data can mean the difference between seeing large amounts of impervious surface versus neighborhoods with patches of forested area. The ...
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NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite now operational, providing critical new data to forecasters

Satellite covering GOES-East orbit NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite, the latest and final satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, officially began operations as GOES East today. This milestone comes after its June ...
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4 hurricanes in 6 weeks? It happened to one state in 2004.

Florida, officially known as the “Sunshine State,” was dubbed the “Plywood State” by media after it was battered by four hurricanes in only six weeks during the 2004 hurricane season. Nearly every ...