National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.

Monitoring ocean carbon via satellite

Satellites now play a key role in monitoring carbon levels in the oceans, but we are only just beginning to understand their full potential. Our ability to predict future climate relies upon being able to monitor where our carbon emissions go. So we need to know how much stays in the atmosphere, or becomes stored

Monitoring ocean carbon via satellite

The world’s oceans possess vast, untapped potential for sustainable aquaculture

Covering 70 percent of Earth’s surface, the world’s oceans are vast and deep. So vast, in fact, that nearly every coastal country has the potential to meet its own domestic seafood needs through aquaculture. In fact, each country could do so using a tiny fraction of its ocean territory. So finds a study led by

The world’s oceans possess vast, untapped potential for sustainable aquaculture

The Pacific Ocean Becomes a Caldron

Hurricane Patricia was a surprise. The eastern Pacific hurricane strengthened explosively before hitting the coast of Mexico, far exceeding projections of scientists who study such storms. And while the storm’s strength dissipated quickly when it struck land, a question remained. What made it such a monster? Explanations were all over the map, with theories that

The Pacific Ocean Becomes a Caldron

Watch The Swirling Islands Of Plastic Trash That Are Filling Up Our Oceans

Courtesy of NASA, see where the 5 trillion pieces of floating plastic floating we’ve put in our oceans. Next year, a 20-year-old inventor will begin trawling the world’s oceans to try to clean up plastic garbage patches—the sprawling clumps where most of the world’s 5 trillion pieces of plastic trash end up. But a new

Watch The Swirling Islands Of Plastic Trash That Are Filling Up Our Oceans

Sustainable Fishing: Easy Solution for Shrimpers and Smelt Alike

For the past four years, trawlers on the West Coast have been hauling in vast amounts of pink shrimp, much of it destined for dainty salads and shrimp cocktails across the country. But though these have been boom times for shrimpers, many are uneasy. Along with pink shrimp, their nets often scoop up a threatened

Sustainable Fishing: Easy Solution for Shrimpers and Smelt Alike

New ozone-destroying gases on the rise

Scientists report that chemicals that are not controlled by a United Nations treaty designed to protect the Ozone Layer are contributing to ozone depletion. In the new study, published today in Nature Geoscience, the scientists also report the atmospheric abundance of one of these ‘very short-lived substances’ (VSLS) is growing rapidly. Study lead author Dr

New ozone-destroying gases on the rise

A Lifesaving Transplant for Coral Reefs

David Vaughan plunges his right arm down to his elbow into one of nine elevated tanks where thousands of tiny colonies of coral are growing at an astonishing rate in shaded seclusion next to the Mote Tropical Research Laboratory. “Now this is the exciting part. You ready for this?” he asks, straining to be heard

A Lifesaving Transplant for Coral Reefs

Avoiding ecosystem collapse

From coral reefs to prairie grasslands, some of the world’s most iconic habitats are susceptible to sudden collapse due to seemingly minor events. A classic example: the decimation of kelp forests when a decline of otter predation unleashes urchin population explosions. Three studies published in the Nov. 24 special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the

Avoiding ecosystem collapse

“Flock” of Nano Satellites to Capture High-Res Views of Whole Earth

A private San Francisco start-up has launched the largest-ever ensemble of satellites The constellation of Earth-imaging satellites launched yesterday—28 individual sputniks, called “Doves,” each about the size of its namesake and weighing in at a svelte five kilograms—is on its way to the International Space Station. If all goes well, by the end of the

“Flock” of Nano Satellites to Capture High-Res Views of Whole Earth

Online citizen scientists: Classify plankton images

Plankton Portal uses crowd-sourcing to classify strange oceanic creatures Today, an online citizen-science project launches called “Plankton Portal” was created by researchers at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS) in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) and developers at Zooniverse.org Plankton Portal

Online citizen scientists: Classify plankton images

Gangplank to a Warm Future

MANY concerned about climate change, including President Obama, have embraced hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. In his recent climate speech, the president went so far as to lump gas with renewables as “clean energy.” As a longtime oil and gas engineer who helped develop shale fracking techniques for the Energy Department, I can assure you that this gas is

Gangplank to a Warm Future

First global atlas of marine plankton reveals remarkable underwater world

Under the microscope, they look like they could be from another planet, but these microscopic organisms inhabit the depths of our oceans in nearly infinite numbers. To begin to identify where, when, and how much oceanic plankton can be found around the globe, a group of international researchers have compiled the first ever global atlas

First global atlas of marine plankton reveals remarkable underwater world

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NOAA expects more storms in an "average" hurricane season
on April 10, 2021 at 8:58 am
More tropical storms and hurricanes will take place during an "average" Atlantic hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday in its new guidelines.Why it ...
Biden administration proposes record $6.9 billion budget for NOAA
on April 9, 2021 at 1:02 pm
President Biden’s administration has proposed a budget increase for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would be the biggest in the agency’s history if approved by Congress. The ...
NOAA: More storms on average in the last 30 Atlantic hurricane seasons
on April 9, 2021 at 8:57 am
On Thursday, researchers at Colorado State University forecast another busy Atlantic hurricane season for 2021.
How an offshore wind boom in the US could boost ocean research
on April 9, 2021 at 6:49 am
Renewable energy giant Ørsted recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ... director of the NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System program ...
Carbon dioxide levels highest they've been in over 3 million years: NOAA
on April 8, 2021 at 4:20 am
The rise happened despite an estimated 7% reduction in global emissions due to the pandemic, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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CO2, methane emissions surged 2020 despite pandemic: NOAA | TheHill - The Hill
April 7, 2021
Rip currents kill more people than tornadoes. NOAA is launching a model to predict them. - Washington Post
April 8, 2021
Weather Research Priorities Study Spinning Up - FYI: Science Policy News
March 19, 2021

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Mother arrested after 3 children found slain in Los Angeles
on April 10, 2021 at 3:23 pm
The gruesome discovery was ... (WCMH) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has confirmed that the number of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin has increased in ...
Steep decline in giant sea turtles seen off US West Coast: ‘They are really in big trouble’
on April 10, 2021 at 9:00 am
If nothing is done to reverse this course, this population will become, essentially, extinct in the Pacific Ocean.” ...
What killed this endangered, 38-foot-long Gulf whale? Something tiny and man-made
on April 10, 2021 at 2:00 am
according to a recent study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A 2½-inch-long piece of rigid plastic was found to have killed a rare and endangered Rice's whale. The plastic ...
Steep decline in giant sea turtles seen off US West Coast
on April 9, 2021 at 12:36 am
Scientists were documenting stranded sea turtles on California's beaches nearly 40 years ago when they noticed that leatherbacks — massive sea turtles that date to the time of the dinosaurs — were ...
Giant decline in sea turtles seen off US West Coast
on April 8, 2021 at 5:30 pm
In less than 30 years, a study shows, the number of western Pacific leatherback turtles in the foraging population off California plummeted 80%.