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NOAA predicts a near-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season

NOAA GOES satellite captures Hurricane Ian as it made landfall on the barrier island of Cayo Costa in southwest Florida on September 28, 2022.

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Hurricane Joaquin reaches Category 4 strength near the Central Bahamas on October 1, 2015.

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Climate change and marine animals: A conservation challenge

Mother humpback and calf.

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NOAA index tracks how greenhouse gas pollution amplified global warming in 2022

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NOAA Rewind: Brass Brains

A graphic showing a black and white photo of Tide Predicting Machine No. 2, also known as Brass Brains. To the right of the photo are the words, "This is Brass Brains, the U.S. government's first computer design."

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Photo story: Fighting fire with forecasts

Fire blazes at Rum Creek fire in Oregon: August, 2022.

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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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Biden-Harris Administration recommends $562 million investment to make communities resilient to climate impacts as part of Investing in America agenda

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Biden-Harris Administration recommends funding of $2.5 million for projects in Wisconsin to strengthen Climate-Ready Coasts as part of Investing in America agenda

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NOAA Fisheries to discuss East Coast whale strandings

NOAA, NASA to announce 2022 global temperature, climate conditions

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5 citizen scientists of the 18th and 19th centuries

April 19, 2023

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Thin sections of portraits of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Banneker, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Eunice Newton Foote lined up next to each other.

photo of the outside of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium.

Teens from National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium help a local business become more environmentally friendly

April 19, 2023

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photo of the outside of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium.

Two children wearing baseball caps sit and pose on a sculpture of a whale’s tale outside in front of a building with a sign that reads “Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center.” The child on the right is holding two stuffed animals. An adult wearing a baseball cap stands posing behind them.

My family’s NOAA-themed spring break in central California

April 18, 2023

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Two children wearing baseball caps sit and pose on a sculpture of a whale’s tale outside in front of a building with a sign that reads “Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center.” The child on the right is holding two stuffed animals. An adult wearing a baseball cap stands posing behind them.

A person stands behind a podium with a microphone outside while holding and looking at papers in her hand. A white board is set up next to her that reads “Welcome please join us here” and lists a schedule of the event. In the background, there are trees and bushes and a few people standing on a wooden deck.

Teens at North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores host a Carnival to Combat Climate Change

April 18, 2023

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A person stands behind a podium with a microphone outside while holding and looking at papers in her hand. A white board is set up next to her that reads “Welcome please join us here” and lists a schedule of the event. In the background, there are trees and bushes and a few people standing on a wooden deck.

A person is standing behind a long table inside a room and is presenting to six people using a poster board that is set up to the person’s left that reads “Pollution Solutions.” There is a cabinet behind the person and another person crouching down behind the table to the right.

Baltimore teens host B’more Conscious, an environmental festival for all ages

April 17, 2023

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A person is standing behind a long table inside a room and is presenting to six people using a poster board that is set up to the person’s left that reads “Pollution Solutions.” There is a cabinet behind the person and another person crouching down behind the table to the right.

This gushing hydrothermal vent was captured on camera for the first time on May 1, 2016, during the Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. The 30-meter-high underwater vent was spewing high-temperature liquid thick with metal particulates. The area around it is home to exotic species including Chorocaris shrimp, Munidopsis squat lobsters, Austinograea crabs, limpets, mussels and snails.

Scientists discover hydrothermal vent activity in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

April 17, 2023

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This gushing hydrothermal vent was captured on camera for the first time on May 1, 2016, during the Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. The 30-meter-high underwater vent was spewing high-temperature liquid thick with metal particulates. The area around it is home to exotic species including Chorocaris shrimp, Munidopsis squat lobsters, Austinograea crabs, limpets, mussels and snails.

Four people are walking outside in a muddy channel in a salt marsh. In the background, there are a few buildings to the right and a wooden structure sitting on a grassy area to the left.

New England Aquarium teens monitor green crabs in their community

April 17, 2023

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Four people are walking outside in a muddy channel in a salt marsh. In the background, there are a few buildings to the right and a wooden structure sitting on a grassy area to the left.

Al Roker with Danielle Blacklock, Director of NOAA's Office of Aquaculture.

Al Roker showcases aquaculture as a climate solution

April 17, 2023

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Al Roker with Danielle Blacklock, Director of NOAA's Office of Aquaculture.

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#EarthWeek: See how Fisheries scientists are responding to a changing climate

April 17, 2023

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#EarthDay: Invest in our changing planet now to secure a more livable future

April 16, 2023

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A diversity of animals that live at seep sites is inspiring. On this cluster of Vestimentiferan tube worms seen off the West Coast, there are snail egg cases, an octopus, and a other tiny organisms tucked in every crevice possible.

Watch live April 15-26: NOAA expedition to the deep ocean off the U.S. West Coast

April 14, 2023

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Okeanos Explorer

A diversity of animals that live at seep sites is inspiring. On this cluster of Vestimentiferan tube worms seen off the West Coast, there are snail egg cases, an octopus, and a other tiny organisms tucked in every crevice possible.

An etched copper plate used for printing maps and charts in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This one is of Anacapa Island and was etched by American artist James McNeill Whistler. It features an overhead view of the island, as well a a side view of the coast, to which he added several birds flying overhead. The image on the plate is depicted backwards for use with a printing press. The artists had to use a mirror to etch the map from a reference sketch.

Friday Find: Doodles from famous artist's time at NOAA's Coast Survey

April 14, 2023

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An etched copper plate used for printing maps and charts in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This one is of Anacapa Island and was etched by American artist James McNeill Whistler. It features an overhead view of the island, as well a a side view of the coast, to which he added several birds flying overhead. The image on the plate is depicted backwards for use with a printing press. The artists had to use a mirror to etch the map from a reference sketch.