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WASHINGTON — A bill introduced June 9 by a group of Republican House members would turn the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration into an independent agency, but keep its commercial space responsibilities in the Commerce Department. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 2023, introduced by Rep. Frank Lucas…

The Advanced Baseline Imager on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-East showed smoke from wildfires in Quebec moving offshore over the Atlantic Ocean on June 9. Credit: Aerosol Watch SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s is closely tracking smoke from the Canadian wildfires…

Countries are racing to prepare for extreme weather later this year as the world tips into an El Nino — a natural climate phenomenon that fuels tropical cyclones in the Pacific and boosts rainfall and flood risk in parts of the Americas and elsewhere. On Thursday, the U.S. National Oceanic…

After months of gradually warming sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, NOAA officially issued an El Nino advisory Thursday and stated that this one might be different than the others. This El Nino started earlier than usual, which puts 2023 in the running for warmest year on record...Read…

ADVERTISEMENT NOAA announces $2.6 billion to protect coastal communities by Patrick Hilsman Washington DC (UPI) Jun 6, 2023 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced a new $2.6 billion initiative to protect coastal communities. The initiative will use funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, as part of the Biden…

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. David Janka stands at the helm of the Auklet, an 18-meter charter boat that’s traveled Alaska’s waters longer than the region has been an American state. It’s the peak…

This article is republished from The Conversation. Brazil’s coastal waters teem with a rich array of species that paint a living tapestry beneath the waves. This underwater world is particularly special because many of its species are endemic – they are found nowhere else on Earth. The southwestern Atlantic is…

Damaging severe storms are on the rise, with every year since 2011 experiencing at least six “billion-dollar” storms in the US. From 2001-2022, the US saw six times more billion-dollar storms than in the previous two decades, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA defines a billion-dollar extreme weather…

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The United States could see up to four major hurricanes this year in what federal officials are predicting will be a “near-normal” hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday released its outlook for the Atlantic hurricane season, which officially begins June 1 and lasts through Nov. 30.…