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Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1B on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand with the GAzelle radar remote sensing satellite for the Japanese company Synspective. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Rocket Lab’s live video webcast begins approximately 20…

by Debra Werner — October 5, 2022 Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder imagery of Hurricane Ian from Sept. 26, 2022. Credit: University of Wisconsin Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies SAN FRANCISCO – The launch of the next U.S. weather satellite is coming just in time to…

  Kalain Ho­sein The en­tire Caribbean re­gion has been placed un­der a Coral Reef bleach­ing watch or warn­ing as ocean tem­per­a­tures across the Caribbean con­tin­ue to warm. Ac­cord­ing to the lat­est Unit­ed States Na­tion­al Ocean­ic and At­mos­pher­ic Ad­min­is­tra­tion (NOAA) re­port, Trinidad and To­ba­go is un­der a Bleach­ing Alert Lev­el 2…

By Trevor Mogg September 28, 2022 7:50PM As millions of Florida residents braced themselves for Hurricane Ian as it barreled toward the state on Wednesday, a team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) personnel jumped on a plane and headed straight for it. Dramatic video footage (below) captured by…

A robot used by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has captured a hurricane on video like never before. The video was released on YouTube and features footage captured by the NOAA’s Saildrone, a 23-foot-long drone. The video isn’t very long, clocking in at just 27 seconds, not including a…

DEMA is opposing a NOAA proposal to ban shark feeding in the US in its latest Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Restoration Blueprint. While this may seem a laudable environmental cause at first glance, it is not since NOAA has an exception to its proposed ban. If you are going…

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has extended the deadline for the public to submit comments on a proposed rule meant to reduce ship strikes on the endangered North Atlantic right whale. The National Marine Fisheries Service’s original deadline was September 30th, 2022 but that has now been extended…

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has formally announced that more risk-reduction measures are needed to reduce endangered Atlantic Right Whale entanglements in gillnets and lobster or crab pot lines. To that end, NOAA said in a notice published this past week: “The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) intends…

NASA is accepting media requests for launch coverage of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite. This is the third satellite in the JPSS series, which will capture data to improve weather forecasts, helping scientists predict and prepare for extreme weather events and climate…

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced that several funding opportunities for Marine Debris Removal are now available for 2022. The program will make awards of up to US$56 million (~€56.1 million) and is aimed at combating marine debris across all the coastal areas of the US, Freely…