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This article is republished from The Conversation. Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive 2023’s extraordinary marine heat wave. They carefully scraped away harmful algae and predators impinging on staghorn fragments,…

Defense-focused space technology startup True Anomaly has received key permits from regulators that will allow it to demonstrate imaging and rendezvous capabilities on-orbit for the first time. The two authorizations — from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — give the company the…

Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. (UPDATE) WASHINGTON: There is a nearly 50 percent probability that 2023 will be the warmest year ever recorded, and next year could be even hotter, US government climate experts said Monday (Tuesday in Manila). "2023 to date has been the third warmest…

The planet had its warmest July on record “by a long shot” — and very likely also had its warmest-ever month in 174 years of record-keeping — according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The striking data, presented Monday by scientists from both agencies, indicate that last…

it's about that time again — El Niño is developing slower than anticipated and the ocean is extremely warm. Amy Green, Inside Climate News - Aug 11, 2023 2:36 pm UTC Enlarge / In Florida, parts of the Sanibel Causeway to Sanibel Island are washed away, along with sections of…

The slower onset of El Niño and record-breaking warm ocean temperatures may lead to a busier than normal Atlantic hurricane season in 2023, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Thursday. In its annual hurricane update that comes in August after an initial May outlook, NOAA increased the likelihood…

Continuing warm temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean and lighter winds are expected to help contribute to a busier than normal hurricane season this year federal officials said Thursday, boosting their prediction for the number of named storms and hurricanes. Seasonal forecasters had expected the El Niño in the Pacific Ocean…

Federal forecasters are doubling chances of a nasty Atlantic hurricane season this summer and fall. ...Read More

The Commerce Department and the NOAA have designated $50 million for projects at six marine sanctuaries. The projects include a proposed visitors center at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Artist rendition courtesy of NOAA Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Atmospheric and Oceanic…

Correction: An earlier version of this story said PlanetiQ won a $60 million NOAA contract to provide radio occultation weather data. The company has since said it won an $8 million task order under a multiple-vendor contract with a potential maximum value of $60 million. SAN FRANCISCO – PlanetiQ won an…