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Photo of Chum salmon.

U.S. Department of Commerce allocates $206K in funding for Puget Sound fishery disaster

April 17, 2024

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Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

habitat restoration

commercial fishing

recreational fishing

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Photo showing Ocean Discovery Director of Engineering Jessica Sandoval, Ph.D., (left) and Ocean Discovery League President and founder Katy Croff Bell, Ph.D., (right) work on attaching a low-cost camera system and light modules to a prototype weighted lander configuration made of PVC pipe during deployment and recovery trials in the waters off Rhode Island. Accessible deployment and recovery systems are critical to the development of low-cost deep seas systems. Credit: Susan Poulton/ Ocean Discovery League.

NOAA, Ocean Discovery League to advance low-cost, equitable deep-ocean exploration

April 17, 2024

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ocean exploration

marine biodiversity

coastal economies

Photo showing Ocean Discovery Director of Engineering Jessica Sandoval, Ph.D., (left) and Ocean Discovery League President and founder Katy Croff Bell, Ph.D., (right) work on attaching a low-cost camera system and light modules to a prototype weighted lander configuration made of PVC pipe during deployment and recovery trials in the waters off Rhode Island. Accessible deployment and recovery systems are critical to the development of low-cost deep seas systems. Credit: Susan Poulton/ Ocean Discovery League.

Photo showing Stacey Henry, founder of the Delaware Resilience Hub, and her daughter, Mylee, volunteered to collect temperature, humidity, time and location data for the 2023 NOAA-supported Urban Heat Island mapping campaign in Wilmington, Delaware and surrounding townships. They joined other volunteers who attached sensors to their cars to collect the data that was used to create a detailed map of the hottest areas in their community.

Federal agencies, communities to map heat inequities in 14 U.S. cities

April 16, 2024

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Photo showing Stacey Henry, founder of the Delaware Resilience Hub, and her daughter, Mylee, volunteered to collect temperature, humidity, time and location data for the 2023 NOAA-supported Urban Heat Island mapping campaign in Wilmington, Delaware and surrounding townships. They joined other volunteers who attached sensors to their cars to collect the data that was used to create a detailed map of the hottest areas in their community.

Image showing a three-panel image shows a boulder star coral in St. Croix, USVI, as it shifted from healthy (May 2023), to bleached (October 2023), to recovered (March 2024), following extreme marine heat stress throughout the Caribbean basin in 2023.

NOAA confirms 4th global coral bleaching event

April 15, 2024

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Image showing a three-panel image shows a boulder star coral in St. Croix, USVI, as it shifted from healthy (May 2023), to bleached (October 2023), to recovered (March 2024), following extreme marine heat stress throughout the Caribbean basin in 2023.

Photo showing Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. and Singapore Minister for Sustainability and the Environment and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations Ms. Grace Fu signed an MOU to enhance bilateral cooperation on environmental management and climate protection in Singapore on April 15, 2024.

Singapore and the U.S. enhance cooperation on environmental and climate protection

April 15, 2024

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measuring and modeling climate

Photo showing Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. and Singapore Minister for Sustainability and the Environment and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations Ms. Grace Fu signed an MOU to enhance bilateral cooperation on environmental management and climate protection in Singapore on April 15, 2024.

Photo showing NOAA Affiliates Dr. Elizabeth Steffen (left) and Marine Tech Elizabeth Ricci (right) deploy a Deep Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangian Observer (SOLO) Argo float from the R/V Kaʻimikai-O-Kanaloa in 2018.

Biden-Harris Administration invests $2.7 million to improve ocean observations with new robotic floats through Investing in America agenda

April 10, 2024

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

measurements and observations

Earth observations

Photo showing NOAA Affiliates Dr. Elizabeth Steffen (left) and Marine Tech Elizabeth Ricci (right) deploy a Deep Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangian Observer (SOLO) Argo float from the R/V Kaʻimikai-O-Kanaloa in 2018.

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Biden-Harris Administration invests nearly $755,000 to support tribal nations’ engagement in regional ocean partnerships as part of Investing in America agenda

April 1, 2024

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Photo of coastal Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.

Image showing map from NOAA's new National Water Prediction Service (NWPS), transforming how water resources information and services are delivered, and providing a greatly improved user experience through enhanced displays. National Water Prediction Service (NWPS) map showing River Gauge observations and forecasts and associated precipitation estimates for March 26, 2024. This map should not be used for decision making.

National Weather Service launches new website for water prediction and products

March 28, 2024

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Image showing map from NOAA's new National Water Prediction Service (NWPS), transforming how water resources information and services are delivered, and providing a greatly improved user experience through enhanced displays. National Water Prediction Service (NWPS) map showing River Gauge observations and forecasts and associated precipitation estimates for March 26, 2024. This map should not be used for decision making.

Photo of acoho salmon that returned to its historic habitat on the Lostine River (Oregon) in 2020.

Biden-Harris Administration announces $60 million to advance tribal priorities and address climate change impacts on Pacific salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River

March 22, 2024

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Inflation Reduction Act

Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Photo of acoho salmon that returned to its historic habitat on the Lostine River (Oregon) in 2020.

Photo of a vast landscape in Montana (2022). Credit: Getty images.

Spring Outlook: Warmer for most of U.S., wetter in the Southeast

March 21, 2024

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climate outlooks

Weather-ready Nation

Climate-Ready Nation

Photo of a vast landscape in Montana (2022). Credit: Getty images.

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