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by Debra Werner — January 11, 2021 NOAA's recommended Geostationary and Extended Orbits constellation includes three satellites: GEO-West, GEO-Center and GEO-East. Credit: NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service SAN FRANCISCO – NOAA’s National Satellite, Data and Information Service is recommending flying three satellites over the United States in…

Serie B side Monza continue to bolster their squad with Matteo Scozzarella from Parma and talks for Genoa’s Lasse Schone. The club is owned by former Milan patron Silvio Berlusconi and run by Adriano Galliani, so after promotion from Serie C, they are pushing for another leap up to the…

To address human trafficking, including forced labor, in the seafood sector, the Department of State and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have submitted a joint report to Congress, “Human Trafficking in the Seafood Supply Chain,” pursuant to Section 3563 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year…

Popular App Store developer Iconfactory has just released a new app called Waterscope Weather. However, this isn’t your typical weather app; as the developer puts it, it’s a “weather app designed for people who love being around water.” When users open the app for the first time, they will be…

by Debra Werner — November 23, 2020 The European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts created this Forecast Sensitivity Observation Impact chart, which notes the relative importance of various datasets in reducing forecast errors. The light blue line shows the declining impact of airborne sensors as air travel declined during…

Oceana is urging the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to intervene to help save North Atlantic right whales from extinction. The move comes after recent research by NOAA Fisheries found that the North Atlantic right whale population had been decimated. Currently, there is only an estimated 360 individuals remaining. Sadly,…

The ocean is massive. It covers more than 70 percent of Earth's surface. The Pacific Ocean alone blankets 60 million square miles (155 million square kilometers) of the planet. This water regulates our climate and weather patterns by funneling heat from the equator to the poles, produces more than half…

The 28th named storm of an epic Atlantic hurricane season formed yesterday and is barreling toward Central America as Hurricane Eta today. That ties the record with 2005 for the most storms strong enough to earn a name in a single season. This is also the 12th hurricane to form…

Researcher Shane Elipot releases ocean drifter. Credit: Shane Elipot, Ph.D. University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researcher Shane Elipot proposes a new approach to monitoring global sea-level rise. Using the existing NOAA Global Drifter Program array of roughly 1,200 buoys that drift freely with ocean…

Rare fishes at Kure. Credit: NOAA/Richard Pyle-Bishop Museum NOAA has published a peer-reviewed State of the Monument report that was jointly produced by the co-trustees of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The report includes information on the status and trends of living resources, habitats, ocean conditions, maritime and cultural archaeological resources,…