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WEBWIRE – Friday, February 3, 2023 Leaders from NOAA, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) offsite link and the University of Maryland (UMD) Center for Technology and Systems Management offsite link held a summit today to discuss how the nation’s engineering profession can account for climate change in the…

Data: NOAA; Note: 10, 25, and 75 year periods are calculated from 2013, 1998, and 1948 to 2022; Map: Erin Davis/Axios VisualsOver the past 75 years, Punxsutawney Phil has correctly predicted whether there will be an early spring 69% of the time, according to an Axios analysis of NOAA data. Why…

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is one step closer to establishing a proposed National Marine Sanctuary along New York State’s eastern Lake Ontario and the Thousand Islands Region of the St. Lawrence River. On January 19th, NOAA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that includes draft provisions for…

NOAA satellite image showing Hurricane Ian nearing the coast of Florida on Sept. 28, 2022. A key House Republican is putting forward a plan to make the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) an independent agency outside the Department of Commerce. Why it matters: Removing the agency from a Cabinet-level…

January 05, 2023 - 4:40PM Storyful A satellite captured imagery of a “powerful storm system” approaching the west coast of the United States on Wednesday, January 4, the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) said. This imagery showing the system was released by CIRA, which operates in partnership…

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That overall temperature rise made weather more outrageous than ever in some parts of the world in 2022. The above map from NOAA, or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is a nice visualization of where temperatures were particularly hot and where records were set. Asia had its second-warmest year…

It's possible that in a given year this decade average global temperatures could leap by more than the 1.5-degree threshold, but the more worrisome trend comes when that level of warming persists over decades. A major report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimated that global warming…

by Debra Werner — January 12, 2023 Ball Aerospace is building the Weather System Follow-on – Microwave satellite for the U.S. Space Force. The satellite includes a passive microwave imaging radiometer from Ball and an energetic charged particle sensor supplied by the government. Credit: Ball Aerospace DENVER – The U.S.…

by Debra Werner — January 11, 2023 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration produces monthly climate data records based on information drawn from microwave sensors that are particularly vulnerable to RF interference. Credit: NOAA DENVER – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is taking stock of its dependence on specific…