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In a shipment of tuna, the labels said one thing but DNA told a different story. To get answers, federal agents turned to FIU's Diego Cardeñosa. The shark conservation biologist traveled to Los Angeles to help officers with the NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement master portable DNA testing technologies — fast,…

The National Weather Service has issued a Thunderstorm Watch for much of Massachusetts, in effect until this evening. The alert covers nine counties across the state, including Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Worcester. According to meteorologists, atmospheric conditions today are highly favorable for the development of…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has launched a series of small, robotic water craft to study the formation and behavior of hurricanes. Photo courtesy of Oshen Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has launched five small, uncrewed research vessels off the U.S. Virgin Islands to…

Soon, there will be three new ways to study the Sun’s influence across the solar system with the launch of a trio of NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spacecraft. Expected to launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 23, the missions include NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration…

A group of technicians works to complete final inspections and checkouts of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft inside a cleanroom at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida. Image: John Pisani / Spaceflight Now Technicians inside a pair of clean rooms at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida,…

The moon can be seen on the right side of the image as a small sphere as it passes in front of the sun. (Image credit: NOAA) To study the sun, scientists use a specialized telescope called a coronagraph. This instrument mimics a solar eclipse by using a occulting disk…

Atlantic hurricanes like Hurricane Erin (pictured here) are more likely to occur during a La Niña. (Image credit: Photo by Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2025 via Getty Images) La Niña conditions could develop in the fall and early winter, but they will probably be weak and short-lived, forecasters say.…

Hurricane Erin might not have made landfall in the United States, but it’s still been pretty impactful along the East Coast. The storm might not be the strongest, spinning and moving to the northeast in the Atlantic Ocean and away from the United States, but it remains quite the beast…

Data: NOAA; Map: Axios VisualsHurricane Erin's threats prompted North Carolina's governor to declare a state of emergency as the massive storm began bringing huge swells that were impacting the N.C. Outer Banks on Tuesday.The big picture: The storm is not forecast to make landfall in the United States...Read More

Lighting flashed in the eye wall of Hurricane Erin as it intensified on Saturday (Aug. 15). (Image credit: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (CSU/CIRA & NOAA)) A weather satellite has captured stunning footage of Hurricane Erin crackling…