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NOAA satellites helped save 397 lives in 2022

A still photo taken from a video of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew rescuing a boater from a capsized vessel near Slidell, Louisiana, on September 18, 2022. The boaters and their dog were safely rescued and transported to a nearby marina.

December 2022 water levels break 8 historical records

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2022 was world’s 6th-warmest year on record

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Video: Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo announces new funding opportunities (June 29, 2022)

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Image of a Wooden ruler placed against a generic land map. On New Year's Eve 2022, NOAA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will retire the U.S. survey foot and replace it with the international foot.

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The hole over Antarctica at its maximum extent on October 7, 2021. Scientists define the "ozone hole" as the area in which ozone levels are depleted below 220 Dobson Units (dark blue, marked with black triangle on color bar).

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Emily Narrow, mission videographer, enjoys the sunset over the Pacific Ocean from the back deck of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, during the NOAA Ocean Exploration mission: Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific Marine Protected Areas In 2017.

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