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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 //

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.

NEWS //

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.

VIDEO //

Bay Watershed Education and Training grantees put environmental education into action

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PHOTOS & GALLERIES //

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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Sunscreen chemicals, marine life and you: A handy visual guide

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Two free divers gaze at a large grouping of corals.

Podcast: Rehabilitating endangered Hawaiian monk seals to recover the species

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NOAA scientists transport a juvenile monk seal for potential rehabilitation.

Tagging reveals secrets of Southern California’s largest sharks

Aerial photo of a basking shark in the ocean. The animals can grow up to 32 feet long, but adults are typically in the 20-26 foot range.

Video: NOAA works to protect, conserve and recover our nation's marine life

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endangered species

A Hawaiian monk seal and green sea turtle resting on the beach in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

Who’s the source of a banned ozone-destroying chemical?

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Air samples from NOAA's Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory provided the first evidence of new production of the ozone-destroying chemical CFC-11, in violation of the Montreal Protocol. A new study in Nature pinpoints the source of these emissions to two provinces in China.

Rising emissions drive Annual Greenhouse Gas Index increase in 2018

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greenhouse gases

Mauna Loa sunset.

New buoy in American Samoa opens a window into a changing ocean

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NOAA, the National Park Service and other partners launched a new buoy to measure ocean carbon dioxide concentrations and other data in Fagatele Bay in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa.

April 2019 was 2nd 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.

Small bloom predicted for Gulf of Maine red tide in 2019

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harmful algal blooms (HABs)

Researchers collect bottom sediment samples from the Gulf of Maine.

From air, land and atmosphere: Massive project probes inner lives of supercells

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NOAA and Cooperative Institute researchers pose with some of the instruments they will use to gather data in and near thunderstorms during TORUS on May 14, 2019 in Salina, Kansas.

New nautical chart symbol guide available for free download

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nautical charts and maps

U.S. Chart No. 1.

New deep-sea coral species discovered in national marine sanctuary

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C. cordellbankensis coral colonies.

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