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Hurricane emergency route sign.

Hurricane safety, explained

June 1, 2021

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Hurricane emergency route sign.

A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage.

Understanding Climate Normals

May 4, 2021

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Climate Normals

temperature rankings

A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage.

NOAA's vast collection of environmental data is heading to the cloud.

NOAA Information Resources Management Strategic Plan 2021-2025

March 10, 2021

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Information Technology

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Information Technology

NOAA's vast collection of environmental data is heading to the cloud.

2014 PEP interns receive training in the field.

2021-2040 NOAA Education Strategic Plan

January 12, 2021

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Office of Education

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Education Council

2014 PEP interns receive training in the field.

Illustration of the NOAA ELP Vision of A Resilient Community depicting a city along a coast and river with the following depicted: trees being planted as urban heat island abatement; an aquarium with people restoring a nearby coastal wetland to mitigate flooding; sustainable design with green infrastructure; a healthy community with people biking and exercising outside; a city hall with youth and adults presenting their ideas to officials; a shoreline that is protected with restored oyster reefs; students

NOAA's Community Resilience Education Theory of Change

July 30, 2020

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Office of Education

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Environmental Literacy Program

Illustration of the NOAA ELP Vision of A Resilient Community depicting a city along a coast and river with the following depicted: trees being planted as urban heat island abatement; an aquarium with people restoring a nearby coastal wetland to mitigate flooding; sustainable design with green infrastructure; a healthy community with people biking and exercising outside; a city hall with youth and adults presenting their ideas to officials; a shoreline that is protected with restored oyster reefs; students

Supercomputing facility, Fairmont, WV

NOAA Information Resources Management Strategic Plan 2017-2020

April 2, 2020

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Information Technology

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strategic planning

Supercomputing facility, Fairmont, WV

USS Conestoga (AT 54), the last known broadside photograph taken likely during WWI when the tugboat was equipped with a 3-inch 50 caliber naval gun and two machine guns. The tugboat was later equipped with only a single 3-inch 50 caliber gun when it disappeared while en route from Mare Island to America Samoa, by way of Pearl Harbor in 1921.

Science and shipwrecks: Preserving America’s maritime history

April 13, 2018

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maritime heritage

maritime archaeology

USS Conestoga (AT 54), the last known broadside photograph taken likely during WWI when the tugboat was equipped with a 3-inch 50 caliber naval gun and two machine guns. The tugboat was later equipped with only a single 3-inch 50 caliber gun when it disappeared while en route from Mare Island to America Samoa, by way of Pearl Harbor in 1921.

The treeless slopes of the Arctic Divide near the Nunamuit village of Anaktuvuk Pass, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. Undated photo.

The changing Arctic: A greener, warmer and increasingly accessible region

December 15, 2017

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The treeless slopes of the Arctic Divide near the Nunamuit village of Anaktuvuk Pass, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. Undated photo.

Divers around the open-ocean aquaculture cage at the Cape Eleuthera Institiute in The Bahamas. These cages are not currently used in the Gulf, but represent one type of farming technology that could work in in the region.

Aquaculture: Bringing American-farmed seafood to your plate

September 25, 2017

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Divers around the open-ocean aquaculture cage at the Cape Eleuthera Institiute in The Bahamas. These cages are not currently used in the Gulf, but represent one type of farming technology that could work in in the region.

Californians living on the coast may be used to seeing so-called "King Tides," a regular phenomenon where high tides are higher than normal on certain days of the year. Shown here: Embarcadero Waterfront in San Francisco, California

Tracking sea level rise ... and fall

August 10, 2017

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Californians living on the coast may be used to seeing so-called "King Tides," a regular phenomenon where high tides are higher than normal on certain days of the year. Shown here: Embarcadero Waterfront in San Francisco, California

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