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Mass coral reef bleaching event looms

Scientists say Great Barrier Reef among areas threatened by climate change and El Nino PUBLISHED : 5 Mar 2024 at 21:36 Dead table corals killed by bleaching are seen on Zenith Reef, on the northern Great Barrier Reef in Australia, in November 2016. (Photo: Greg Torda/Courtesy of ARC Centre of…
bubmag
March 5, 2024
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Satellogic gets NOAA license for move to the United States

Satellogic operates a constellation of 36 Earth-imaging satellites. Credit: Satellogic TAMPA, Fla. — Satellogic has received a remote sensing license in the United States, the Earth observation operator announced Nov. 21 as it moves operations to the country from Uruguay in search of more government business. The National Oceanic and…
bubmag
November 22, 2023
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US Hit by 25 Reported Billion-Dollar Climate Disasters in 2023

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration — NOAA — reports the U.S. has seen 25 separate weather or climate "disasters" — events causing damage or losses exceeding $1 billion — so far this year, the highest number since the agency began tracking such events 43 years ago. In a…
bubmag
November 10, 2023
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Can You Trust Farmers’ Almanacs’ Weather Predictions?

People swear by farmers’ almanacs. Every autumn these publications arrive with their eclectic mix of miscellany and lore. They also deliver a region-by-region weather forecast for an entire year, notably the coming winter, which everyone from farmers to city dwellers can plan their businesses and lives around. There are actually…
bubmag
November 10, 2023
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Space Force gets another weather satellite from NOAA

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force for the second time has taken ownership of a retired National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite to fill gaps in coverage for the U.S. military.  NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite known as GOES-15, originally activated in 2011, was transferred to the Space Force…
bubmag
September 23, 2023
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Ball, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire claim NOAA contracts

SAN FRANCISCO – Ball Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire Global won contracts, announced Aug. 31, to design microwave sounders for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Under the contracts awarded by NASA on behalf of NOAA, the four companies will conduct studies and design sounders for the…
bubmag
September 1, 2023