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Experts told representatives Wednesday that supporting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve weather models and predictions is crucial to saving lives and lowering recovery costs. The U.S. was hit by 28 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2023, making the costs related to helping communities recover…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Pacific Ocean is a juggernaut. It’s the largest ocean on our planet, almost double the size of the Atlantic. Its vast expanse, exposure to trade winds, and range of temperatures makes it incredibly dynamic. All these factors contribute to create the El Niño—Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a climate pattern that…

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NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation of Boulder, to develop the sounder instrument for a Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program...Read More

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…