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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.

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.

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Archaeologists document "Graveyard of the Atlantic" shipwrecks

February 6, 2019

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NOAA Restoration Center biologist Dave Witting conducts a fish count on the WWII-era submarine USS Tarpon.

2018 was 4th hottest year on record for the globe

February 6, 2019

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climate analyses and statistics

global average temperatures

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

The World Magnetic Model is getting a reboot. Here's why it's a big deal.

February 4, 2019

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World Magnetic Model

The groundhog vs. the temperature record, 2019: Keeping score

February 2, 2019

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historic climate record

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

NOAA seeking public input for research and development plan

February 1, 2019

Eric Moglia, of NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, pumps air from sampling flasks to test them for leaks before preparing them for shipment to some 80 sites around the world.

NOAA announces new director of the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center

February 1, 2019

NOAA has selected James Gridley, Ph.D., to lead NOAA’s National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska.

The science behind the polar vortex

January 29, 2019

The science behind the polar vortex.

U.S. government shut down due to lapse of Congressional appropriations

December 26, 2018

The Herbert C. Hoover Building of the U.S. Department of Commerce. NOAA is a bureau of the Department of Commerce. Please visit www.commerce.gov for more.

Delicious success: New fishing opportunities emerge from resurgence of West Coast groundfish

December 19, 2018

Bocaccio rockfish.

Get your snowstorm smarts on: 8 forecast tools to use this winter

December 19, 2018

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You're going to need more than warm outerwear to outsmart winter weather. Try our 8 online tools to use before stepping out.

New reports highlight value and economic impact of U.S.fishing

December 19, 2018

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commercial fishing

recreational fishing

Fishing vessels docked in Point Judith.

November 2018 was fifth hottest on record for the globe

December 18, 2018

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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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