The State of the Climate Summary Information is a synopsis of the collection of national and global summaries released each month. April global temperatures are fifth warmest La Niña ends; neutral conditions return over the equatorial Pacific Ocean The …
May 16, 2011 Smoke from the Fourmile Canyon wildfire west of Boulder, Colo. in fall 2010 flows toward the city. A new NOAA study found isocyanic acid in the smoke from that fire -- and in urban Los Angeles air, in cigarette smoke, and in laboratory- …
Announces additional reforms to NOAA enforcement program May 17, 2011 U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced today that $649,527 in fisheries enforcement penalties will be returned to 11 individuals or businesses after an independent review of their …
Ancient port site was used periodically between 800 B.C. and 1521 A.D. May 18, 2011 Explorers sit atop the ancient Maya pyramid at Vista Alegre. The pyramid stands 35-feet tall and may have been used by Maya lookouts to monitor approaching and departing …
May 18, 2011 On May 17, 2011, NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco issued the following statement about the National Research Council’s release of its fifth and final report as part of the America’s Climate Choices series: In 2008, the U.S. Congress …
'Experimental' designation would protect landowners from liability May 18, 2011 Round Butte Dam on the Deschutes River in central Oregon. Steelhead salmon are being reintroduced into tributaries above Round Butte Dam for the first time in more than …
May 18, 2011 NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center today announced that projected climate conditions point to a below normal hurricane season in the Central Pacific Basin this year. NOAA issued its outlook at a news conference today to urge Hawaii …
May 19, 2011 NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center today announced that climate conditions point to a below normal hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific this year. The outlook calls for a 5 percent probability of an above normal season, a 25 percent …
May 23, 2011 As the International Oil Spill Conference kicks off in Portland, Ore. today, co-sponsors the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that …
Scallop industry supports measure that protects successful rotational management May 26, 2011 NOAA today announced that, at the request of the New England Fishery Management Council and members of the scallop industry, it will not reopen the Nantucket …
Updated: March 20, 2012, 12:00 p.m. EDT Preliminary tornado statistics including records set in 2011 2011 was an unusually active and deadly year for tornadoes across the U.S., with a total of 1,691 tornadoes reported across the country, more than any …
Agency remains concerned; will revisit decision with new science May 27, 2011 After an extensive scientific review, NOAA announced today that Atlantic bluefin tuna currently do not warrant species protection under the Endangered Species Act. NOAA has …
June 5-11 is National Rip Current Awareness Week June 6, 2011 With vacation season on the horizon, NOAA and partners are alerting beach-goers to the threat of rip currents and how to prevent drowning from their strong and potentially fatal grip. The …
June 7, 2011 Artist rendering of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Download here. (Credit: NOAA.) The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program, which will deliver the next-generation of polar-orbiting satellites, reached a key milestone with the …
Same toxin known to affect humans now identified for the first time in a marine mammal species June 7, 2011 Hawaiian Monk Seal swims in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Download here. (Credit: NOAA.) Researchers from NOAA have discovered a …
June 9, 2011 Last month, the contiguous United States had dramatic shifts in regional temperatures, but overall May was slightly cooler and wetter than normal. The spring was marked by record moisture in the Northwest and the Ohio River Valley, while …
June 8, 2011 Hawaiian monk seal hauled out on a beach in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to rest. Download here. (Credit: NOAA.) NOAA’s Fisheries Service has proposed 16 areas as critical habitat for the endangered Hawaiian monk seal under the Endangered …
June 22, 2011 WRITTEN STATEMENT OF JANE LUBCHENCO, Ph.D. UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE AND NOAA ADMINISTRATOR NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC …
