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Teachers: Bring NOAA back to school with you

A teacher stands in a bright classroom wearing a cloth mask over her nose and mouth. She is holding a sea star from a touch tank.

Can you spot a rip current from the beach? New forecast model could save lives

It's important to know about the dangers of rip currents before you enter the water. Do you know what one looks like and how to get out of it, should you become trapped in its grip? This photo shows a rip current, between the red arrows, in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina in 2015.

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Understanding Climate Normals

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

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Simple seafood: Quick, healthy recipes for families on the go!

These fish tacos can be a healthy, sustainable, easy weeknight meal.

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August 2021 was Earth’s sixth-warmest August on record

A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice.

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'Protect and Restore: NOAA Stewardship in Action'

Two divers collect data underwater. One diver writes with waterproof paper and pencil and the other diver observes.

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Getting ready for the Atlantic hurricane season

Elementary students climbing down stairs from a NOAA plane. Two NOAA crew are on the ground with other students and teachers.

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When beaches are trashed, who pays the price?

A beach that is almost completely covered in trash and debris.

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Latest News Releases

NOAA awards $2.3 million to study Gulf of Mexico natural resource management

NOAA awards $41 million for ocean observing

Kelly Kryc joins NOAA as Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries

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Latest media advisories

Southwest Drought Virtual Forum: September 21

NOAA monthly U.S., global climate report call: September 16

Groundbreaking ceremony for NOAA port facility revitalization in Ketchikan

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These fish tacos can be a healthy, sustainable, easy weeknight meal.

Simple seafood: Quick, healthy recipes for families on the go!

September 17, 2021

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These fish tacos can be a healthy, sustainable, easy weeknight meal.

A pair of endangered North Pacific right whales.

Scientists spot endangered North Pacific right whales in Gulf of Alaska

September 17, 2021

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endangered species

A pair of endangered North Pacific right whales.

Theory of Change community illustration, which includes lush greenery, people playing and conversing outside, and community buildings and houses.

NOAA’s community resilience education grant competition now open

September 15, 2021

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Theory of Change community illustration, which includes lush greenery, people playing and conversing outside, and community buildings and houses.

A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice.

August 2021 was Earth’s sixth-warmest August on record

September 14, 2021

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monthly climate report

A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice.

A house and garage submerged in high flood waters in Waverly, Tennessee, after a complex of thunderstorms dropped more than a foot of rain across parts of central Tennessee on August 21, 2021.

Summer 2021 neck and neck with Dust Bowl summer for hottest on record

September 9, 2021

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monthly climate report

State of the Climate

A house and garage submerged in high flood waters in Waverly, Tennessee, after a complex of thunderstorms dropped more than a foot of rain across parts of central Tennessee on August 21, 2021.

NOAA Sea Grant Liaisons address critical research areas across federal agencies

September 8, 2021

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citizen science

If you're going camping this weekend, be sure to check your local forecast at www.weather.gov.

Labor Day weekend weather: A mixed bag as many recover from Ida, flee wildfires

September 3, 2021

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Weather-ready Nation

If you're going camping this weekend, be sure to check your local forecast at www.weather.gov.

Quinn poses in front of three monitors. One shows underwater footage, one shows a video editing interface, and one shows a scientific graph.

Applications for 2022 NOAA undergraduate scholarships are now open!

September 1, 2021

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Quinn poses in front of three monitors. One shows underwater footage, one shows a video editing interface, and one shows a scientific graph.

In the foreground, the photographer holds an oyster in their hand while in the background a person can be seen bending down to install a GoPro camera on an oyster cage.

NOAA announces aquaculture literacy mini-grant awardees

August 31, 2021

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In the foreground, the photographer holds an oyster in their hand while in the background a person can be seen bending down to install a GoPro camera on an oyster cage.

A single flying fish jumping out of the surface water with a episode banner at the top of the page.

Listen to episode 4 of NOAA and the Octonauts: Flying Fish

August 31, 2021

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A single flying fish jumping out of the surface water with a episode banner at the top of the page.

A NOAA National Geodetic Survey emergency response overflight captured this aerial image of damage to buildings and homes in Houma, Louisiana, following Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021.

Aerial images of damage from Hurricane Ida available online

August 31, 2021

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National Geodetic Survey

tropical cyclones

A NOAA National Geodetic Survey emergency response overflight captured this aerial image of damage to buildings and homes in Houma, Louisiana, following Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021.

Illustration of a group of people contributing to a conversation bubble featuring ideas related to community resilience (paper report, vegetation, a laptop displaying a costal chart, a beaker, and an oyster).

Lessons in community resilience from the Environmental Literacy Program workshop

August 30, 2021

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Illustration of a group of people contributing to a conversation bubble featuring ideas related to community resilience (paper report, vegetation, a laptop displaying a costal chart, a beaker, and an oyster).