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NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory of Laurel, Maryland, to build the Suprathermal Ion Sensors for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next Program. This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is valued at approximately $20.5 million…

The annual NOAA Marine Debris Program Art Contest is now taking submissions through December 13, 2024. The competition is open to all students in Kindergarten through Grade 8 from the United States and US territories. The submitted artwork should answer the two following questions: How does marine debris impact the…

The NOAA Marine Debris Program has announced the Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project Nationwide Survey. The project aims to establish a baseline for marine debris across the nation. Areas to be surveyed include: The shores of the continental United States. Caribbean. Alaska. The Pacific Islands. The Great Lakes. The…

With internal funding, SwRI developed a three-stage lens for the SwRI Space Weather Solar Coronagraph (SwSCOR). The lens is mounted behind a single-pylon external occulter to minimize distortion across the field of view. A polarizer wheel is placed in front of the first lens. Credit: Southwest Research Institute SAN FRANCISCO…

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build three coronagraphs for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. Once operational, the coronagraphs will provide critical data to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center,…

Noise from vessels installing offshore wind turbines from the SouthCoast Wind project has the potential to have “moderate adverse” impacts on endangered North Atlantic right whales, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. (NOAA Fisheries) by Nancy Lavin, Rhode Island Current A 147-turbine offshore…

By John Borland, Takahiro Tanaka, Todd Yamashita, Lilliana Napoleon and Bruce YamashitaEdited by Paul Gerke IEEE Molokai native Hawaiian energy equity projects. Introduction The atmospheric CO2 levels on top of Mauna Loa observatory reached a record high of 426.9 PPM in May 2024, as shown in the NOAA graph below...Read…

As we go into the final days of November, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s GOES-East satellite is busy keeping a watchful eye on what's now the 17th storm of the season. It's been quite the wild ride lately after what started off as a quieter 2024 hurricane season…

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service recent announced vessel speed restrictions off the US East Coast to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. In an Instagram post , NMFS said: “Starting Friday, November 1, most vessels 65 feet or longer must slow to 10 knots or less in North Atlantic right…

In 2023, more than three-quarters of the world’s coral reefs were exposed to ocean temperatures that can cause coral bleaching, researchers with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report. Roughly 90% of the excess heat from anthropogenic climate change is absorbed by the oceans, making them hotter now…