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Everyone's favorite groundhog predicts 6 more weeks of winter

This curious groundhog isn't Punxsutawney Phil, but he (or she) sure is cute.

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.

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Everyone's favorite groundhog predicts 6 more weeks of winter

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

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Photo story: Fighting fire with forecasts

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Podcast: Making coastal decisions

December 15, 2022

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A view of Alba, Italy, from November 13, 2022.

Earth saw its 9th-warmest November in 143 years

December 14, 2022

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A view of Alba, Italy, from November 13, 2022.

Sea level rise is turning nuisance flooding into a “sunny day” event — high-tide flooding that occurs even without a storm.

Coming in 2023: Improved high tide flooding predictions

December 14, 2022

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Sea level rise is turning nuisance flooding into a “sunny day” event — high-tide flooding that occurs even without a storm.

Two children facing away from the camera lean in front of a bench and work on small jigsaw puzzles. From the other side of the bench, Abigail helps one of the children, gesturing to a piece in front of them. She wears a fabric mask over her mouth and nose, as advised by the CDC during the covid-19 pandemic.

Scholar educates about ocean life by drawing connections to culture, art, and STEM concepts

December 14, 2022

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Two children facing away from the camera lean in front of a bench and work on small jigsaw puzzles. From the other side of the bench, Abigail helps one of the children, gesturing to a piece in front of them. She wears a fabric mask over her mouth and nose, as advised by the CDC during the covid-19 pandemic.

North Atlantic right whale Medusa and calf, taken under NOAA permit 20556-01.

Researchers monitor offspring for 2023 right whale calving season

December 13, 2022

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North Atlantic right whale Medusa and calf, taken under NOAA permit 20556-01.

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Holiday cards: Sea-son's greetings from NOAA Education

December 12, 2022

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On Nov. 28, 2022, the world’s largest active volcano began erupting for the first time since 1984. Mauna Loa, located on Hawaii’s Big Island, began spewing ash and debris from its summit around 11:30 p.m. local time after a series of earthquakes. Lava was ejected to heights of up to 148 feet on Nov. 29. NOAA satellites monitored the ongoing eruption, lava flow, ash plume, and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions.

NOAA satellites capture footage of Mauna Loa volcanic eruption

December 9, 2022

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On Nov. 28, 2022, the world’s largest active volcano began erupting for the first time since 1984. Mauna Loa, located on Hawaii’s Big Island, began spewing ash and debris from its summit around 11:30 p.m. local time after a series of earthquakes. Lava was ejected to heights of up to 148 feet on Nov. 29. NOAA satellites monitored the ongoing eruption, lava flow, ash plume, and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions.

Unlike geostationary satellites, polar-orbiting satellites capture swaths of data throughout the full globe, and observe the entire planet twice each day. This global mosaic, captured by the VIIRS instrument on the recently launched NOAA-21 satellite, is a composite image created from these swaths over a period of 24 hours between Dec. 5 and Dec. 6, 2022.

NOAA-21 satellite releases first imagery of Earth

December 8, 2022

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Unlike geostationary satellites, polar-orbiting satellites capture swaths of data throughout the full globe, and observe the entire planet twice each day. This global mosaic, captured by the VIIRS instrument on the recently launched NOAA-21 satellite, is a composite image created from these swaths over a period of 24 hours between Dec. 5 and Dec. 6, 2022.

A person digs out after a record-breaking lake-effect snowstorm impacted the Hamburg, NY area on November 18, 2022.

U.S. hit with historic snowfall, late-season hurricane in November

December 8, 2022

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A person digs out after a record-breaking lake-effect snowstorm impacted the Hamburg, NY area on November 18, 2022.

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Life in the rocky intertidal: My internship studying dynamics of urchin reproduction and density

December 7, 2022

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Sofia stands on a rocky shore characteristic of the Pacific coast that is covered in seaweed and mussels. Choppy water breaks against it. She smiles at the camera, wearing a jacket, waders, and knee pads and holds a clipboard in one gloved hand and rests the other on a sampling pole.

A monk seal swims among submerged coral reefs with the blue sky above the water.

NOAA celebrates Corals Week 2022

December 5, 2022

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B-WET celebrates their 20th anniversary at a special event on the Chesapeake Bay

December 5, 2022

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