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by Jeff Foust — February 23, 2022 NOAA is looking for information on commercial sources of space situational awareness data that could be included in the open architecture data repository (OADR) it is developing for civil space traffic management services. Credit: NOAA WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department is seeking information…

A new government report sheds light on an alarming estimate about the rise of sea levels over the next 30 years. Dr. Rick Spinrad, NOAA administrator and under secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, joined CBS News' Tanya Rivero to discuss. Read More

NASA will provide coverage of the prelaunch and launch activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next weather observing and environmental monitoring system satellite...Read More

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…