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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is asking the public for input on a new “restoration blueprint” for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. “The clear, blue and turquoise waters of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary contain part of the only coral barrier reef in the continental United States,…

by Debra Werner — July 14, 2022 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration supplies products and data related to space weather including this 30-minute Aurora Forecast. Credit: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded contracts to GeoOptics, PlanetIQ and Spire Global to…

This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the new supercomputers it is using for improved weather forecasting and modeling are now online.  The supercomputers, named Dogwood and Cactus after the native plants in their respective locations, are Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Cray supercomputers. “These numerical models that we…

by Debra Werner — June 23, 2022 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's NOAA-18 polar-orbiting weather satellite was launched in 2005. This image was captured June 22, 2022 by the satellite's Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. Credit: SAN FRANCISCO – Over the last year, Microsoft and Xplore worked with the…

Data: NOAA and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Chart: Thomas Oide/AxiosThe level of carbon dioxide, a long-lived gas that warms the planet, in Earth's atmosphere hit a new official record this spring and is now more than 50% higher compared to preindustrial times, new data released Friday shows. Why it matters:…

CLIMATEWIRE | Greenhouse gases trapped 49 percent more heat in 2021 than in 1990, as emissions continued to rise rapidly, according to NOAA. NOAA released its “Annual Greenhouse Gas Index” last week. The index is based on thousands of air samples collected globally over each of the last 63 years;…

Hurricane Agatha, the first named storm of this year’s Pacific hurricane season, slammed into the coast of southwest Mexico on Monday, bringing coastal flooding, heavy rain, and sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. It was the strongest storm to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast in the month of May since…

Al Roker, longtime weather forecaster for NBC’s morning “Today Show,” was recently named a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Emissary. NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad surprised Roker with the honor during a recent episode of the “Today Show,” including giving him a letter from US President Joe Biden: “Your reporting has…

by Debra Werner — May 27, 2022 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center for Satellite Applications and Research captured this image of an algae bloom in the Barents Sea on July 15, 2021 with the NOAA-20 satellite. Credit: NOAA SAN FRANCISCO – Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Intelligence & Space…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts that 2022 will be yet another above-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic.  NOAA predicts with 70 percent confidence that from June 1 to November 30, the eastern US coast will see up to 21 named storms. Six to 10 of those storms could…