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Weekend nor’easter likely to bring damaging winds, coastal flooding

Forecasters at NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) are monitoring a powerful nor’easter bringing damaging wind gusts and ...
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International report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global sea levels in 2022

Greenhouse gas concentrations, global sea level and ocean heat content reached record highs in 2022, according to the 33rd annual State of the Climate report offsite link. The international annual ...
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JetStream Max: "A Funny Bath" - The Dead Sea

Location of the Dead SeaDownload Image No place on Earth is like the Dead Sea in the Middle East. Not really a sea but a large salt water lake, the Dead Sea is 47 miles (76 km) long and up to 11 miles ...
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Analysis shows coral loss of 14% worldwide

The largest global analysis of coral reef health ever undertaken indicates that rising ocean temperatures resulted in a 14% loss of global corals. The Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020 report ...
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NOAA and U.S. Air Force Reserve 'Hurricane Hunters' to visit the Gulf Coast

Media contacts For interviews with NOAA experts, contact NOAA Public Affairs Officer Maria Torres at nhc.public.affairs@noaa.gov or 305-433-1933. For interviews with U.S. Air Force Reserve experts, ...
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NOAA predicts a near-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season

NOAA forecasters with the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, predict near-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic this year. NOAA’s outlook for the 2023 Atlantic ...
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Earth just had its hottest June on record

Other notable climate events in the report Sea ice coverage hit a record low: Globally, June 2023 saw the lowest sea ice coverage (extent) for any June on record. This primarily was a result of the ...
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NOAA announces end of traditional paper nautical charts

NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, which creates and maintains the nation’s suite of over a thousand nautical charts of U.S. coastal waters, today announced major changes ahead for mariners and others who ...
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Our Earth, at night

The Earth at night This composite image is from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite over nine days in April 2012 and thirteen days in October 2012. (NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon, ...
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Highly active hurricane season likely to continue in the Atlantic

“The hurricane season got off to an early and violent start with Hurricane Beryl, the earliest category-5 Atlantic hurricane on record,” said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. “NOAA’s update to ...
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Learn about funding opportunities

All competitive funding opportunities are announced through notice of funding opportunities (NOFOs) on Grants.gov (click here for a NOAA specific search). Each NOFO outlines the specific research ...
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Use Caution After Storms

(Image credit: NOAA's National Weather Service) Download Image Dangers remain even after the skies turn blue. This is NOT the time to put your guard down. Nearly half of hurricane fatalities occur ...