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The 2021 Marine Debris Calendar has been released by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and is now is available to download. NOAA’s annual calendar features works of art created by students from Kindergarten through 8th grade based in nine US states and territories. The calendar is made from…

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Solar Cycle 25 has begun. During a media event on Tuesday, experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) discussed their analysis and predictions about the new solar cycle – and how the coming upswing in space weather will impact our lives and technology on Earth, as…

A view of the Earth from the EWS-G1 satellite, formerly known as GOES–13, taken on Sept. 1, 2020, from its new location over the Indian Ocean. Credit: U.S. Space Force’s MARK IV-B Program OfficeA weather satellite built and launched for NOAA in 2006 to help track hurricanes approaching the United…

Smoke plume from Western wildfires on Sept. 11, 2020. Image: noaa / cira By Mark Kaufman2020-09-11 20:09:26 UTC If intelligent life beyond Earth (should it exist) could view our planet right now, they might be astonished by the great plume of smoke curling over the ocean. It's a wild sight,…

NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will discuss predictions for the upcoming solar cycle during a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 15. Tracking the solar cycle is a key part of better understanding the Sun and mitigating its impacts on human technology and infrastructure.Read…

by Sandra Erwin — September 8, 2020 A view of the Earth from the EWS-G1 satellite taken on September 1, 2020. Credit: U.S. Space Force’s MARK IV-B Program Office GOES-13 has been repurposed as the Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System - Geostationary. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force announced that a…

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of Super Typhoon Haishen moving through the Philippine Sea on Sept. 4. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Philippine Sea on Sept. 4 and provided a visible image of Haishen…

On Sept. 3, NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite revealed southeasterly wind shear battering Maysak had exposed the center of circulation and pushed the bulk of clouds and precipitation to the northwest of the center. The storm extended from the Korean Peninsula into the Sea of Japan. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing…

A NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP VIIRS image of the Elkhorn fire and parts of the August Complex fire in Northern California on September 1, 2020 (without labels). Credit: NOAA/NASA Imagery from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA/NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite highlights the burn scars from the Elkhorn Fire in northern California on…