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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

La temperatura promedio global de la superficie de la Tierra en 2021 empató con la de 2018 como la sexta más cálida registrada, según análisis independientes realizados por la NASA y la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA, por sus siglas en inglés...Read More

Media accreditation is now open for the upcoming launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-T satellite, the Western Hemisphere’s most advanced weather observing and environmental monitoring system...Read More

The number of companies that provide the technologies to observe and measure ocean dynamics has grown significantly since 2015, according to a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report. The U.S. Ocean Enterprise Report finds that this cluster of ocean research-related businesses, called the “Ocean Enterprise,” provides essential support to…

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will hold an online hearing next month to gather public comments on its proposal to establish time-area closures for certain areas where spinner dolphins frequent off the Hawaiian Islands. The public hearing will be held online on December 9th, 2021 from 17:00 to…

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced the launch of its latest version of the National Marine Ecosystem Status website. The site provides all of NOAA’s ecosystem data in one convenient place. The website is designed to offer a host of stakeholders and an in-depth look into marine…

Last Friday, the House of Representatives passed a historic infrastructure bill, which includes $1.2 trillion allocated towards supporting planes, trains, energy systems—and the largest investment ever for broadband internet, to the tune of $65 billion. President Biden is expected to sign it into law on Monday. More than 30 million…