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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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Expedition reveals coral devastation in remote Pacific marine monument

During a July 2019 expedition, divers observed devastating damage to coral reef sites at Rapture Reef in French Frigate Shoals.

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July 2019 was hottest month on record for the planet

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

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Bay Watershed Education and Training grantees put environmental education into action

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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.

INFOGRAPHICS //

The science behind the polar vortex

The science behind the polar vortex.

LATEST MEDIA RELEASES //

Public may comment on proposed changes to Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

August 20, 2019

Coral reefs like this one in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary buffer shorelines from wave action, storms, and erosion, and protect wetlands and harbors.

NOAA awards $2.7 million in grants for marine debris removal and research

August 15, 2019

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A marine debris team member gathers a handful of disposable cigarette lighters picked up at a beach cleanup site.

NOAA increases chance for above-normal hurricane season

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hurricane season

Flooding is always a significant threat during tropical cyclones. In August 2017 Hurricane Harvey struck the Texas coast and after moving inland the storm stalled for four days dropping more than 60 inches of rain over southeastern Texas.

FOR THE MEDIA //

Advisory panel to focus on precision navigation, subsidence and sea level rise

August 15, 2019

The New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association uses a portable pilot unit displaying NOAA ENC® data as it guides a tanker running upriver from New Orleans to Baton Rouge.

NOAA monthly climate call: Thursday, August 15

August 13, 2019

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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.

NOAA to present Florida Keys draft restoration plan

August 12, 2019

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Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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June 2019 was hottest on record for the globe

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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.

Happy 200th birthday to Eunice Foote, an unsung climate science pioneer

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climate science

An artist's rendering of Eunice Foote, an early pioneer in climate science.

Assessing Barry's damage to coastal communities from the air

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NOAA's GOES-East captured this image of Tropical Storm Barry as it approached the Louisana coast on July 12, 2019

Argos used to track fox’s 2,700-mile journey from Norway to Canada

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A female arctic fox (blue color morph) is fitted with a satellite collar in Spitsbergen, Svalbard, so researchers can track her movements.

Robots probe ocean depths in mission to fine-tune hurricane forecasts

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unmanned underwater vehicles

A NOAA ocean glider, seen in waters off the coast of Puerto Rico in July 2018. These robotic, unmanned gliders are equipped with sensors to measure the salt content (salinity) and temperature as they move through the ocean at different depths. The gliders, which can operate in hurricane conditions, collect data during dives down to a half mile below the sea surface, and transmit the data to satellites when they surface.

Don’t let the sunshine ruin your day. Check the UV Index first.

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solar radiation

Don't let this happen to you. Be sure to check NOAA's UV Index before going outdoors, and always protect your skin from harmful ultraviolet radiation with sunblock and sun-protective clothing.

Breaking through the ice to resupply Antarctica's McMurdo Station

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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star leads the way cutting a channel, so that the container and supply ships can make it through the ice.

NOAA wants your input on research and development priorities

NOAA operates two WP-3D turboprop aircraft in its Hurricane Hunter fleet.

Find out how #Barry may affect your local weather

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NOAA's GOES-East image of Potential Tropical Cyclone Two on July 10, 2019

U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record – again

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climate analyses and statistics

From NOAA’s National Weather Service: Just 367 days after the last of the Great June Flood of 2018 had left its memorable mark on nearly all of the populated Rio Grande Valley, a confluence of atmospheric events came together during the late afternoon and evening of June 24, 2019. New daily rainfall records were set at most available Rio Grande Valley climate recording locations, including Harlingen, Texas, (shown) with 6.29 inches of rain -- about 3 times the monthly average.

'Climate stripes' show U.S. trends by state and county

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Stripes by state: Climate.gov has created an interactive map of the U.S. that provides access to a collection of striped graphics that indicate a location's yearly temperature and precipitation conditions since 1895. These show a simple row of colored stripes without dates or numbers. Red colors mean warmer-than-average temperatures, blues mean cooler than average. These graphics are NOAA versions of a data visualization technique widely popularized by Ed Hawkins' Warming Stripes project.

Story map: Inside Tornado Alley

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A tornado churns up dust in the sunset light near Traer, Iowa by Brad Goddard, Orion, IL

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