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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and NOAA announce new coastal resilience funding

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coastal communities

Natural "green barriers" help protect this Florida coastline and infrastructure from severe storms and floods.

Commerce Secretary allocates $200 million fishery disaster funding following 2017 hurricanes

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commercial fishing

recreational fishing

Fishing boats in Fulton Harbor, Texas.

Average sized dead zone forecast for Gulf of Mexico

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Scientists from Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium deploy a water sensor called a CTD sonde rosette to collect water samples to test for oxygen levels during the 2015 R/V Pelican's shelf wide hypoxia cruise.

New, next-generation NOAA polar-orbiting satellite is now operational

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polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

NOAA-20 captured this nighttime view of the eye of Cyclone Cebile, as it swirled at Category 4 strength in the Indian Ocean on January 30, 2018.

Forecasters predict a near- or above-normal 2018 Atlantic hurricane season

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measuring and modeling climate

NOAA's GOES-16 satellite (now GOES-East) captured this infrared/visible image of Hurricane Harvey on August 25, 2017.

NOAA predicts a near- or above-normal 2018 hurricane season in the central Pacific

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NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured Tropical Storm Madeline as it moved past Hawaii and Hurricane Lester approaching the Hawaiian Islands in August 2016.

New record: Number of overfished stocks in the U.S. reaches all time low

The Status of Stocks report provides an annual update on the status of U.S. marine fisheries. Working waterfronts such as this one in Sitka, Alaska are home to commercial fishing vessels.

NOAA adopts technology to automate weather balloon launches

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technology & innovation

A weather balloon is set afloat during an autolauncher test run at the National Weather Service Field Support Center in Sterling, Virginia. NOAA scientists at the support center extensively evaluated autolaunchers for operational feasibility before the first unit was deployed to Kodiak, Alaska, in 2015, and now they test software upgrades to ensure continued high performance.

NOAA & Air Force Reserve ‘Hurricane Hunters’ to visit Gulf Coast on preparedness tour

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hurricane hunters

Hundreds of people visit the USAF WC-130J "hurricane hunter" aircraft on May 11, 2017, during its stop in Orlando, Fla.

Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate retired by the World Meteorological Organization

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The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite aboard the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured these colorized-infrared images of Hurricane Maria at approximately 2:15 am EDT on September 20, 2017, as it passed close to St. Croix. At the time, Maria was a category 5 storm with winds of 165 miles per hour.

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