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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…

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…