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The effects of climate change are steadily worsening and now threaten nearly every aspect of life in the U.S., according to a stark draft of a federal climate report released Monday. Extreme weather events are growing more frequent and severe across the country, including wildfires, hurricanes, heat waves, droughts and…

An illustration of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). JPSS is a collaborative program between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA. JPSS-2 is NOAA’s next-generation operational Earth observation program that acquires and distributes global environmental data primarily from multiple polar-orbiting satellites. Credit: Oribtal ATK National Oceanic and…

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the JPSS 2 weather satellite for NOAA, and the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, re-entry tech demo experiment for NASA and United Launch Alliance. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.…

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Storm-weary Florida is bracing for a very late season hurricane as Tropical Storm Nicole approaches the state’s eastern coast. The storm is expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane and hit Florida later today after drenching the Bahamas. Hurricane warnings are in place for about 4 million people and…

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) mission and NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) technology demonstration...Read More

A disturbance of storms in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean over the Caribbean Sea has a high chance of developing into a tropical cyclone by early next week, according to the National Hurricane Center. The cone path currently has the storm over Hispaniola and making a northward turn, churning over the…

Cars are submerged at the entrance to a parking garage in New York’s Financial District in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012.Photo: Richard Drew (AP) Ten years ago, Hurricane Sandy barreled through the Caribbean and then up the Eastern seaboard, bringing floods and storm surges that destroyed…

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) mission. JPSS-2 is the third satellite in the polar satellite series and is expected to capture data to improve weather forecasts, helping scientists predict and prepare...Read…

Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle lifts off from New Zealand the GAzelle satellite. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab launched an Electron rocket Friday from its privately-run spaceport in New Zealand, boosting a 260-pound satellite into orbit on a $64 million NOAA-funded mission to relay environmental data from remote weather stations…