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EXPLAINERS //

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.

STORIES //

Latest big winter storm powered by ‘bombogenesis’

Snowstorm.

NEWS //

February 2019 ranked fifth hottest on record for the globe

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

VIDEO //

NOAA and partners capture footage of what might be new species of killer whale

International scientists encountered unique pod of orcas similar to the unidentified animals seen in this 2011 photograph.

PHOTOS & GALLERIES //

NOAA team sees Florence and Michael storm surge devastation first-hand

GOES-East satellite image of Hurricane Florence making landfall at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina on Sept. 14, 2018

INFOGRAPHICS //

The science behind the polar vortex

The science behind the polar vortex.

LATEST MEDIA RELEASES //

Florence and Michael retired by the World Meteorological Organization

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GOES-East satellite image of Hurricane Florence making landfall at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina on Sept. 14, 2018.

NOAA satellites helped rescue 340 people in 2018

February 14, 2019

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A U.S. Coast Guard crew, a vital component of SARSAT, conducts ocean search and rescue training.

NOAA announces the arrival of El Nino

February 14, 2019

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El Nino, La Nina, ENSO

This image shows the difference from average sea surface temperatures at the Equator in the tropical Pacific during January 2019, as compared with the period from 1981-2010. On February 14, 2019, NOAA announced that El Nino has arrived, but it's likely to be weak with little influence on weather through early Spring 2019.

FOR THE MEDIA //

NOAA to issue 2019 U.S. Spring Outlook on March 21

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A spring scene of the Chicago skyline.

Advisory panel to focus on sea level rise, coastal inundation

February 20, 2019

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NOAA monthly climate call: February 21

February 19, 2019

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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.

More NOAA features

NOAA announces new partnership with leading recreational fishing organizations

February 27, 2019

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recreational fishing

Recreational fishing boats on the West Coast.

What is a tide pool?

February 27, 2019

Point Pinos tide pools in Monterey County.

Beachcombers find 50-year-old NOAA message in a bottle

February 27, 2019

Beachgoer Jim Duke with a science bottle he and wife Candy found along the shore.

New drone technology could revolutionize marine mammal monitoring

February 26, 2019

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technology & innovation

Fur seal pup.

Intense drought in the U.S. Southwest persisted throughout 2018

February 25, 2019

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Drought conditions in the U.S.

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center selects new director

February 22, 2019

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The view inside NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center, the nation's official civilian source of space weather forecasts, advisories, watches and warnings.

New marine pathogen forecasts for Gulf of Maine, Chesapeake Bay

February 22, 2019

nowCOAST.

El Nino conditions are here

February 22, 2019

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El Nino, La Nina, ENSO

Sea surface temperatures.

2018's billion-dollar disasters in context

February 22, 2019

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Billion-Dollar Disasters

U.S. Army Sgt. Rodrigo Estrada of the California Army National Guard's 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, leads a team conducting search and debris clearing operations, Nov. 17, 2018, in Paradise, California. Image with full caption and credit available at https://flic.kr/p/2ahrTWy.

Do your part: Please help protect our estuaries

February 20, 2019

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Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

NOAA, recreation industry to strengthen sustainable fishing, boating in federal waters

February 20, 2019

Fishing.

January 2019 was 3rd warmest on record for the globe

February 19, 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.

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