Partnership ensures vital data available for US and European weather models September 17, 2012 The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) launched its second of three polar-orbiting satellites today. Information …
Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska and New Bedford, Mass. remain top fishing ports September 19, 2012 (Revised effective October 5, 2012) Dutch Harbor, the top port with the highest volume of catch this year. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) U.S seafood landings …
September 19, 2012 As scientists continue to research ways in which the oceans are changing – and what these changes mean for fish populations, three new research projects will receive funding to examine the effects of ocean acidification on fisheries, and …
September 19, 2012 NOAA announced today the results of its recent competitions for education grants to enhance science education activities in classrooms, aquariums, museums and other institutions across America. A total of $4.5 million in grants from the …
Launches new project to enhance weather forecasts and support for D.C, Baltimore September 22, 2012 NOAA's National Weather Service forecast office for the Baltimore/Washington, DC area. Download here. (Credit: NOAA) Today, NOAA announced service …
Marine resources, coastal economies put at risk September 24, 2012 Carbon dioxide released from decaying algal blooms, combined with ongoing increases in atmospheric carbon emissions, leads to increased levels of ocean acidification, and places additional …
October 9, 2012 Scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and its partners teamed up to create the first ever guidelines for coastal managers to control the spread of invasive lionfish that are taking food and habitat from native …
October 10, 2012 Image from the North Pole webcam shows (July 27, 2010) ponds created by the summer sea ice melt. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Changes in summer Arctic wind patterns contribute not only to an unprecedented loss of Arctic sea ice, but …
Ceremony marks opening of NOAA’s new Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center October 15, 2012 U.S. Senator Richard B. Shelby joins NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator Eric Schwaab (left) and NOAA National Ocean Service Assistant Administrator David …
October 18, 2012 The western half of the continental U.S. and central and northern Alaska could be in for a warmer-than-average winter, while most of Florida might be colder-than-normal December through February, according to NOAA’s annual Winter Outlook …
October 19, 2012 NOAA and the University of New Hampshire have announced more than $4.9 million to fund nine collaborative research projects aimed at making coastal communities and environments more resilient to rising sea levels, changing weather patterns …
Five-masted lumber schooner George E. Billings shortly after launching flying the Hall Bros. house flag from the mast. The Hall Bros. built the 224-foot wooden vessel at Port Blakely, Washington for their own account in 1903. (Photo courtesy of San …
October 23, 2012 Pennantfish, Pyramid and Milletseed butterflyfish - school in great numbers at Rapture Reef, French Frigate Shoals in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Download here. (Credit: James Watt.) For 40 years, NOAA’s National Marine …
October 24, 2012 A page from the log book of the US Navy steamer Bear, June 22, 1884. The Bear's logs are included in the Old Weather-Arctic citizen science project. High resolution (Credit: National Archives.) Before there were satellites or weather …
October 24, 2012 Staff at the South Pole get ready to release a balloon that will carry an ozone instrument up to 20 miles in the atmosphere, measuring ozone levels all along the way. NOAA image from 2011. Download here. (Credit: NOAA.) Warmer air …
October 24, 2012 NOAA Office of Education’s Bay-Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program participants. Download here. (Credit: NOAA.) NOAA today announced the winners of its recent competition for education grants that will allow thousands of K-12 …
Private companies share weather data with NOAA November 14, 2012 Two of the nation’s largest producers of wind-generated electric power will share privately-collected weather data with NOAA, providing agency scientists with additional observations from …
November 30, 2012 Pillar coral stand in the Upper Keys with blue-headed wrasse (yellow fish) Download here. (Credit: NOAA.) In compliance with a federal court ordered deadline, and consistent with existing international protections, NOAA Fisheries …
December 3, 2012 A storm darkens the sky at the mouth of the Russian River, north of Bodega Bay, Calif. NOAA scientists and colleagues are installing the first of four permanent atmospheric river observatories in California this month, to better monitor …
November 21, 2012 NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America's ship for ocean exploration. Download here. (Credit: NOAA.) NOAA Corps Cmdr. Ricardo Ramos has assumed command of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, the only federal ship dedicated to systematic …
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