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Technology was on duty miles downwind, where, as the battle against these fires went on for days, even weeks, many residents of the Bay Area and Sacramento River Delta region turned to air-quality sensor networks, particularly AirNow, maintained by the U.S. government, and PurpleAir, created via crowd-sourcing of commercial sensors.…

If you’re a marine debris specialist, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is still looking for nominees to serve as members of the Marine Debris Foundation board of directors. NOAA originally posted an announcement seeking nominees in May. The original announcement stated the board will consist of 12 directors…

Read More NOAA said combined land and ocean-surface temperature was 0.93 degrees Celsius (1.67 degrees Fahrenheit)  above the 20th-century average of 15.8 degrees Celsius (60.4 degrees Fahrenheit), making it the hottest July since record-keeping began 142 years ago. The month was 0.01 of a degree Celcius (0.02 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than the previous…

Now that mainstream media often gives climate change news prominent coverage (it wasn't always so), you may well have heard that NOAA today declared July the hottest month on record. “In this case, first place is the worst place to be,” said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad in a statement. “July…

Home News EU satellite imagery shows an extreme heatwave in Greece and Turkey in early August. A new report found July 2021 to be the hottest month on Earth in recorded history. (Image credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-3 imagery) July 2021 was officially the hottest month in recorded history, according…

July 2021 was officially the hottest month humans have ever recorded. This July narrowly beat out three previous months in 2016, 2019, and 2020 that had tied for the previous title. The fact that all of this has happened so recently just screams climate change. “In this case, first place…

July 2021 has earned the unenviable distinction as the world's hottest month ever recorded, according to new global data released today by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. "In this case, first place is the worst place to be," said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. "July is typically the world's…

/ Americas Issued on: 13/08/2021 - 20:08Modified: 13/08/2021 - 20:09 The temperature gauge at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley displays 125 degrees after 7pm, in California, on July 11, 2021. © Frederic J Brown, AFP July was the hottest month globally ever recorded, the US National Oceanic…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Friday that July was the world's hottest month ever recorded, calling it an "unenviable distinction." What they're saying: "In this case, first place is the worst place to be," NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad said in a statement. "This new record adds to…

Home News The mysteries red jelly may be a new species previously unknown to science, NOAA researchers say. (Image credit: NOAA) Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) may have discovered a previously unknown jellyfish, bobbing along almost 2,300 feet (700 meters) underwater. Like a floating beret fringed…