NOAA

You may have heard of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its offshoot, the National Weather Service. Meteorologists depend upon it to offer accurate local forecasts, and its alerts and advisories warn millions of people about dangerous conditions. But you may not know it is part of the Department…

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. When a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its movement and showing where it’s headed. But have you ever wondered where they get…

CLIMATEWIRE | The Trump administration is looking to halve the NOAA workforce, say two former officials of the agency, a member of Congress and a congressional staff member. The draconian cut, they say — which would reduce the number of NOAA employees from about 12,000 to 6,000 — threatens to…

The Commerce Department has sent NOAA officials a broad set of keywords to search grants in ways that would cover most climate change-related projects. Why it matters: NOAA is one of the world's top weather and climate agencies, and provides funding to universities and researchers to improve the understanding and…

An illustration of magnetic fields around Earth. (Image credit: UCLA EPSS/NASA SVS) NEW ORLEANS — Scientists continue to advance the process of updating the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Scales, with the next steps expected to be taken as early as this year. Just like there's a…

The US government agency that monitors the weather and conducts research on the world’s oceans, among other things, is now in the cross-hairs of the Trump administration. Wired Magazine reported this week that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service has been ordered to stop communicating with…

A number of federal employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the US federal agency that monitors and models the oceans and atmosphere for the purpose of predicting changes in climate and weather, have received orders to temporarily cease communicating with foreign nationals, including those working directly with…

Trump picks former chief entangled in 'Sharpiegate' to lead NOAARead More

On Thursday, around 13,000 federal employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reportedly received an offensive email after a new messaging system was easily misused. The email, with the subject line “Resign,” contained a rude message that said, “Aren’t you tired of working for a complete cunt?” Scott…

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a new Ocean Carbon Observing Science Plan . Ocean, coastal, and Great Lake carbon observations provide critical information that helps support the development of future climate projections, adaptation and mitigation strategies as well as policies that inform decision-makers and advance the…