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NOAA undergraduate scholarship applications are open — Apply today!

Haley Capone, class of 2018 NOAA Hollings scholar, out on a fieldwork day during summer 2019 with the Southeastern Fisheries Science Center Team. She is at a sampling site along the Miami Biscayne Bay shoreline recording relic oyster species shell counts within a deployed quadrat near a historic creek mouth.

Teachers: Check out NOAA resources for virtual and in-person education

A NOAA Teacher at Sea alum with shark jaws.

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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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When smoke is in the air, all eyes turn to this NOAA weather model

NOAA's HRRR-Smoke model can help warn fire managers and local communities where heavy smoke will collect when a fire "lays down" overnight, as the Four Mile Fire did in Boulder, Colorado, in 2010.

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With #Alpha, 2020 Atlantic tropical storm names go Greek

Hurricane waves.

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50th anniversary spotlight: Building a Weather-Ready Nation

This GOES-15 image shows Hurricane Lane positioned about 300 miles south of Hawaii's Big Island at 2 p.m. ET on August 22, 2018.

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Getting ready for the Atlantic hurricane season

More than 2500 students in the 4th and 5 grade took a tour of the NOAA WD-3D Orion Aircraft and met the crews who fly into the storms. The kids will take that information home to see if their families are ready for hurricanes. May 9, 2019.

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When beaches are trashed, who pays the price?

Litter such as plastic detergent bottles, crates, buoys, combs, and water bottles blanket Kanapou Bay, on the Island of Kaho’olawe in Hawaii. This region is a hot-spot for marine debris accumulation.

LATEST MEDIA RELEASES //

Data initiative sets sights on tackling global ocean challenges

September 17, 2020

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IUU fishing practices hurt law-abiding fishermen, damage the economy, and threaten our food security.

NOAA improves marine navigation near Georgia and New Hampshire naval bases

September 10, 2020

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The ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee entering Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia.

NOAA joins federal maritime security team to support the American blue economy

August 28, 2020

Container ship operations at the Port of New York/New Jersey

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NOAA monthly U.S., global climate report call: September 17

September 15, 2020

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

NOAA panel seeks feedback on implementing coastal and ocean mapping strategies

September 11, 2020

Cargo container operation at the Port of Anchorage, Alaska

NOAA, NASA to discuss solar cycle prediction Sept. 15

September 10, 2020

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Sun glowing in deep space.

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With #Alpha, 2020 Atlantic tropical storm names go Greek

September 18, 2020

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tropical storms

hurricane season

Hurricane waves.

New research finds deep sea corals could face ‘osteoporosis of the sea’

September 17, 2020

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Deep-sea scleractinian coral Lophelia pertusa with a bubblegum octocoral (in red, Paragorgia sp.) at 300 meters depth on Piggy Bank in Southern California’s Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

It's official: Solar Cycle 25 began December 2019 and will peak in 2025

September 15, 2020

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solar radiation

Solar minimum - the period when the sun is least active - is seen in this image from the Solar Ultraviolet Imager aboard NOAA's GOES-East satellite on Dec. 15, 2019. Scientists at NOAA and NASA have officially determined and announced (September 15, 2020) that we are now in Solar Cycle 25, which started in December 2019.

Northern Hemisphere just had its hottest summer on record

September 14, 2020

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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.

#Sally: The latest storm forecasts, imagery and more

September 13, 2020

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Storm clouds approaching the beach

Mapping the seafloor for signs of tsunami risk in Alaska's waters

September 11, 2020

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nautical charts and maps

A view of Barry Glacier, Alaska. (undated photo.)

La Nina develops during peak hurricane season

September 10, 2020

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El Nino, La Nina, ENSO

This is a what a typical winter La Nina pattern looks like as it affects the United States.

Summer 2020 ranked as one of the hottest on record for U.S.

September 9, 2020

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climate analyses and statistics

Firefighters on the march: The Pine Gulch Fire, smoke of which shown here, was started by a lightning strike on July 31, 2020, approximately 18 miles north of Grand Junction, Colorado. According to InciWeb, as of August 27, 2020, the Pine Gulch Fire became the largest wildfire in Colorado State history, surpassing the Hayman Fire that burned near Colorado Springs in the summer of 2002.

Aviation responsible for 3.5% of climate change, study finds

September 3, 2020

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aviation weather

climate science

published research

This visualization from NOAA'a Science on a Sphere Explorer captures the pulse of air traffic leaving Europe as dawn crosses the Atlantic Ocean on one day in 2007.

See our Fall 2020 high tide outlook

September 2, 2020

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tides and currents

Tidal flooding in Miami.

Get the facts that bust 5 common myths about the ocean

September 2, 2020

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A wave cresting in the open ocean.

Podcast: From diving to data, get a close-up look at coral research

September 2, 2020

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NOAA Research Ecologist and scuba diver Shay Viehman finishes up a survey of corals in the deep blue waters of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. In the foreground is a huge mound of corals.

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