March 15, 2011 This year, the globe experienced the 17th warmest February since record keeping began in 1880, as the climate phenomenon La Niña continued to be a significant factor. Last month’s average Arctic sea ice extent tied with 2005 as the smallest …
March 16, 2011 Hurricane Igor as it strikes Newfoundland on September 21. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) Two tropical cyclone names in the Atlantic were retired from the official name rotation by the World Meteorological Organization’s hurricane committee …
Spiny Dogfish (Credit: NOAA) NOAA's Fisheries Service today announced that it will propose increasing the spiny dogfish quota to 20 million pounds for 2011. The new quota would be a 33 percent increase over the 2010 catch limit of 15 million pounds. …
Federal Advisory Committee provides advice on NOAA’s navigation services March 31, 2011 The Hydrographic Services Review Panel advises NOAA on hydrographic services for the U.S. marine transportation system, supporting $1.2 trillion in foreign trade. High …
Opening keynote address as delivered on April 4 by Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator as part of the First National Climate Assessment Federal Advisory Committee Meeting in Washington, DC …
April 5, 2011 The R/V Ka‘imikai-o-Kanaloa launches the Pisces V over her stern, while the chase boat stands by. High resolution (Credit: With permission from R.L. Pyle.) Nearly 500 students from more than 35 classrooms “virtually” accompanied researchers …
Opening keynote address as delivered on April 5 by Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator as part of the Albert, Norma, and Howard Geller ‘77 Endowed Lecture at Tilton Hall, Clark University …
April 8, 2011 Last month, temperatures and precipitation in the contiguous United States averaged above normal, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The average temperature in March was 44.0 degrees F, which is …
April 11, 2011 NOAA’s Fisheries Service announced that it will decide whether or not to list Chinook salmon in the Upper Klamath and Trinity rivers basin as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act after the agency found that a petition to …
April 12, 2011 NOAA’s Fisheries Service has issued regulations and a letter of authorization (LOA) to the U.S. Navy that includes measures to protect marine mammals while conducting research, development, test and evaluation activities and range expansion …
April 14, 2011 Don Frei brings to the compliance assistance liaison position fishing industry experience as well as and experience at NOAA with fishing regulations. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) Building on NOAA’s previous actions to improve its …
April 14, 2011 The Earth experienced the 13th warmest March since record keeping began in 1880, as the climate phenomenon La Niña continued to be a significant factor. The annual maximum Arctic sea ice extent was reached on March 7 and tied with 2006 as …
Endangered whales to be given wider berth April 14, 2011 NOAA’s Fisheries Service issued new rules today on vessel traffic, aimed at protecting Southern Resident killer whales in Washington’s Puget Sound. These charismatic marine mammals, popular with …
April 15, 2011 NOAA officials today announced that ASRC Aerospace Corp., of Greenbelt, Md., has been awarded a contract to operate and maintain the agency’s Fairbanks Satellite Operations Facility (FSOF) located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The contract, which …
Project enhances nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics effort April 15, 2011 NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco today spotlighted NOAA’s Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (CREST) for its efforts to prepare …
Comments sought for improving safety at sea April 20, 2011 NOAA’s Fisheries Service is asking for public input as it starts the process of updating the national guidelines that promote the safety of commercial and recreational fishermen in federal waters. …
April 21, 2011 Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade, manager of the NOAA National Weather Service Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program, has been named as the new president of the Seismological Society of America (SSA). With the announcement at the SSA’s 2011 …
New Members from American Samoa, Florida, and Georgia April 21, 2011 The Department of Commerce today announced the appointment of three new public advisors charged with counseling the Secretary of Commerce and NOAA on national saltwater fishery management …
Public and media invited to tour hurricane hunter aircraft April 25, 2011 NOAA hurricane experts will visit five U.S. East Coast cities aboard a NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft to raise awareness about storm threats and the danger of being caught without a …
April 25, 2011 Eric Schwaab, assistant NOAA administrator for fisheries, joined officials from the town of Brewster, Mass., and other partners today on the shores of Cape Cod’s Stony Brook to celebrate the completion of a American Reinvestment and Recovery …
