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BAE Systems, Space & Mission Systems, also is building the Space Weather Follow On Lagrange 1 spacecraft, to provide unobstructed views of the Sun’s corona. Credit: NOAA/Ball Aerospace SAN FRANCISCO – BAE Systems won a $230.6 million NASA contract to deliver spacecraft for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency’s Lagrange…

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a delivery order to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. of Boulder, Colorado, to build spacecraft for the Lagrange 1 Series project as a part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. The award made under the…

The weather forecasts you see on TV or the severe storm alerts you get from your apps are powered by a federal science agency that’s in line for some of the most drastic cuts proposed by the Trump administration so far. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employs about…

Environment In a monthly reporting call on global climate, researchers from the US government’s climate and weather agency avoided mentioning rising levels of greenhouse gases By James Dinneen Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Extreme weather, including hurricanes, has increased with climate change MODIS Land Rapid…

A space-based telescope has captured new images of the sun that showcase one of our star's fiery outbursts. The fresh visuals come courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ), which recently shared visuals captured by a telescope onboard its GOES-19 weather satellite. The team captured a…

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. 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 all that information? The forecasts…

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…