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Ask the scientist: How can the weather spark and spread wildfires?

As of August 28, 2018, there were 89 U.S. wildfires currently burning on approximately 2 million acres of private, state, tribal, and federal land. Nearly 20,000 interagency fire personnel, including about 450 crews, 1,000-plus engines, 160 helicopters and 24 airtankers are deployed to wildfires.

Fact vs. fiction: 3 things you thought you knew about jellyfish

This medusa belongs to the genus Cyanea, a jellyfish well-known to bloom and occur in large numbers in surface waters.

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Science and shipwrecks: Preserving America’s maritime history

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.

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After landfall: 4 ways NOAA is helping your community recover from Florence

A NOAA navigation response team from New London, CT, surveys the Port of Morehead City, NC, after Hurricane Florence. Photo taken September 19, 2018.

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August 2018 was 5th hottest August on record for the globe

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

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NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters pursue Hurricane Lane

Lt. Cmdr. John Rossi at the controls of NOAA's WP-3D Hurricane Hunter aircraft during a flight into Hurricane Lane on August 20, 2018.

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Photo story: Rescued seals make it home for the holidays

This young female monk seal from Kauai was malnourished and weighed under 90 pounds when she first arrived at The Marine Mammal Center’s Ke Kai Ola hospital in Kona, Hawaii. After nearly two months of rehabilitation, she gained more than 100 pounds and veterinarians successfully treated her for parasitic worms.

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Infographic: How does overfishing threaten coral reefs?

Coral reef.

LATEST MEDIA RELEASES //

All IOOS regional networks now NOAA-certified

August 28, 2018

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measurements and observations

A joint deployment of an environmental sensor processor off the Washington coast by NOAA and the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems, one of the certified IOOS regional associations. The sensor has a special sampling package on board designed to detect early signs of harmful algal blooms (HABs).

Stern of World War II U.S. destroyer discovered off remote Alaskan island by NOAA-supported scientists

August 15, 2018

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ocean exploration

On July 17, a NOAA-funded team of Project Recover scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the University of Delaware discovered the missing 75- foot stern section of the destroyer USS Abner Read in 290 feet of water off of Kiska, Alaska. The stern sank Aug 18, 1943, at the height of World War II after being blown off by a Japanese mine. Pictured, research vessel Norseman II in transit through the Aleutian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands that extend 1,200 miles westward from the Alaska Peninsula.

NOAA forecasters lower Atlantic hurricane season prediction

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GOES East satellite image of the western Atlantic Ocean, captured July 9, 2018. The small eye of Tropical Storm Chris is visible off the coast of the Carolinas, while in the eastern Caribbean Sea, we can see the remnants of former Hurricane Beryl, around which a thick plume of Saharan dust is wrapping north and east of the storm.

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NOAA to update precipitation frequency estimates for Texas

September 24, 2018

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Staff Sgt. Class Richard Call, of the New Jersey National Guard, and members of New Jersey Task Force 1, assist evacuees in Wharton, Texas, Aug. 31, 2017, due to devastating effects caused by Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath.

NOAA monthly climate call: September 20

September 18, 2018

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climate outlooks

global average temperatures

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

NOAA declares 'unusual mortality events' for dolphins in Florida, seals in Northeast

August 31, 2018

A necropsy is performed on a bottlenose dolphin by partners at Mote Marine Laboratory.

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NOAA charts new hazards, helps ports recover following Hurricane Florenceoffsite link

September 21, 2018

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Surveying the Cape Fear River following Hurricane Florence.

After landfall: 4 ways NOAA is helping your community recover from Florence

September 20, 2018

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natural disasters

response and restoration

A NOAA navigation response team from New London, CT, surveys the Port of Morehead City, NC, after Hurricane Florence. Photo taken September 19, 2018.

Conserving the cultural landscape of our coasts

September 19, 2018

Sapelo Lighthouse, Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Humpback whales navigate an ocean of change

September 19, 2018

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Humpback whale and calf.

August 2018 was 5th hottest August on record for the globe

September 18, 2018

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climate analyses and statistics

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

Evaluating Florence damage from above: Access our database of aerial images

September 16, 2018

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Hurricane Florence damage in North Carolina on September 15, 2018

Fall 2018 high tide outlook now available

September 12, 2018

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tides and currents

Flooding in Annapolis, Maryland.

Taking data further: Standards create opportunities for 'big data' projects

September 11, 2018

Buoy deployed outside Kaneohe Bay.

What is maritime heritage?

September 11, 2018

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maritime heritage

A shipwreck in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

To help forecast air quality and issue warnings, NOAA aims to answer what fires emit

September 11, 2018

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Pioneer Fire in Boise National Forest, Idaho, 2016.

A hot, dry summer has led to drought in Europe in 2018

September 11, 2018

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European drought in the summer of 2018.

Marine debris: A problem you can get your arms around

September 10, 2018

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This not where you'd like to have the empty bottle of your favorite drink end up. Please always be sure to properly recycle your plastics and other trash. --> Want to make more of a difference? Join a local International Coastal Cleanup in September to help rid the seas of marine debris.

August 2018 was 5th hottest August on record for the globe

Polar sea ice coverage remains at near-record lows

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After landfall: 4 ways NOAA is helping your community recover from Florence

Evaluating Florence damage from the air: NOAA begins aerial surveys [EXT]

Hurricane Florence: Get the latest from NOAA's National Hurricane Center [EXT]

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