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Sea levels along the US coastline will rise an average of 10-12 inches (0.25-0.30 meters) by 2050, “which will be as much as the rise measured over the last 100 years (1920 – 2020),” a new report issued this week by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warns. The…

NASA, NOAA, USGS, and other U.S. government agencies project that the rise in ocean height in the next 30 years could equal the total rise seen over the past 100 years. Coastal flooding will increase significantly over the next 30 years because of sea level rise, according to a new…

A winter storm—just shy of a year after the storm that toppled Texas’ power grid last year, killing hundreds—has swept across the central United States and is making its way up the East Coast. Although most of the snowfall has passed, “bitterly cold temperatures will span an area from the…

This post is based on the latest episode of the podcast, Citizen Science: Stories of Science We Can Do Together! In it, co-host Bob Hirshon and Caroline Nickerson discuss some of the inspiring citizen science work conducted under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Listen here:…

by Debra Werner — January 24, 2022 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to launch the Space Weather Follow On satellite to Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 1 in 2025 on the NASA Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe. This is an artist's rendering of the spacecraft. Credit: NOAA SAN FRANCISCO —…

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced the release of a “story map” to illustrate the effects of vessel noise on marine wildlife inside sanctuaries. The map is part of the SanctSound project. The four-year project is designed to improve our understanding of the underwater soundscape within national…

The 2021 Hawaii Marine Debris Action Plan has been announced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program (MDP). The collaborative document comes about as a result of significant consultations with various stakeholders. It aims to provide a blueprint for dealing with marine debris in Hawaii over the next…

Earth's global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses done by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2021 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.85 degrees Celsius) above the…

Earth is still running a fever, with 2021 once again making the Top 10 list of warmest years on record. A motorist watches from the side of the Trans-Canada Highway as a wildfire burns in Lytton, B.C., on July 1, 2021. U.S. science agencies NASA and NOAA found that 2021…

Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses done by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA...Read More