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In the past year, the Arctic region has seen a typhoon, smoke from wildfires and increasing rain, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual Arctic Report Card issued this week. The Arctic Report Card provides a detailed picture of how warming is reshaping the once reliably frozen,…

The future of meteorological simulation and forecasting may well be bound for the clouds — well, cloud datacenters anyway.  The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft Azure to explore the use of cloud computing to advance climate research. This isn't, however,…

Data: NOAA; Chart: Thomas Oide/AxiosThe famous Keeling Curve may soon have a rare data gap. Driving the news: The Mauna Loa eruption on Monday cut power to the observatory where atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are measured, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Why it matters: The Keeling Curve, which shows…

The Moon makes a stunning backdrop for the successful launch of the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and our Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) on November 10 at 4:49 a.m. EST from Vandenberg Space Force…

The art piece donation “Ocean Front” was created to raise funds for climate change, which is now donated to RACA Foundation, which has recently announced a long-term sustainability project to help the environment and climate change through blockchain, NFT, and Web3 innovative solutions with NASA and NOAA scientists. It is…

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has denied federal endangered species protection to the Shortfin Mako Shark, a move that has “disappointed” some environmentalists. In a notice published November 14th in the Federal Register, NOAA said: “After reviewing the best scientific and commercial data available, including the Status Review Report,…

by Debra Werner — November 15, 2022 MyRadar is flying drones and conducting laboratory tests to train artificial intelligence algorithms to detect wildfires and to identify areas at risk of ignition. Credit: MyRadar SAN FRANCISCO – MyRadar is looking beyond weather forecasts to wildfire detection and mitigation with funding from…

On the morning of November 10, an Atlas V rocket launched JPSS-2, NOAA’s newest environmental satellite into orbit. Hitching a ride on the rocket was...Read More

NASA successfully launched the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 1:49 a.m. PST Thursday, as well as an agency technology demonstration on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California...Read More

ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 3-East at Vandenberg Space Force Base with NOAA’s JPSS 2 weather satellite and NASA’s LOFTID re-entry tech demo experiment. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now The 301st and final Atlas rocket to launch from California blasted off Thursday with a…