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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.

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NOAA unveils 10-year roadmap for tackling ocean, Great Lakes acidification

Ocean acidification has been shown to impact the growth of corals and contribute to dissolution of reefs. NOAA and partner scientists are working to restore and regrow corals in this coral reef nursery in the NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This diver from XL Catlin SeaView Survey team is collecting 360-degree imagery for virtual reality displays of the nursery.

NEWS //

July 2020 was record hot for many U.S. states

Two rangers in uniform wearing surgical masks stand on either side of a large digital thermometer sign outside the front of Furnace Creek Visitor Center at Death Valley National Park. The thermometer is shown with a high heat reading of 129°F at 4 pm PT on July 12, 2020.

VIDEO //

50th anniversary spotlight: Building a Weather-Ready Nation

This GOES-15 image shows Hurricane Lane positioned about 300 miles south of Hawaii's Big Island at 2 p.m. ET on August 22, 2018.

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 //

When beaches are trashed, who pays the price?

Litter such as plastic detergent bottles, crates, buoys, combs, and water bottles blanket Kanapou Bay, on the Island of Kaho’olawe in Hawaii. This region is a hot-spot for marine debris accumulation.

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'Extremely active' hurricane season possible for Atlantic Basin

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hurricane season

A visible NOAA GOES-16 satellite image of Hurricane Isaias as it approached the U.S. East Coast at 7:46 p.m. ET, August 3, 2020.

NOAA, U.S. Navy will increase nation’s unmanned maritime systems operations

An autonomous surface vehicle is launched in the Port of Gulfport, Miss., during the U.S. Navy's Advanced Naval Technology Exercise on November 6, 2019.

Smaller-than-expected Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ measured

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Scientists measured the extent of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxia zone from July 25 to August 1 aboard the R/V Pelican.

FOR THE MEDIA //

NOAA to issue updated 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook

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hurricane season

A visible satellite image of Hurricane Hanna from NOAA's GOES-16 (GOES East) satellite from 10:40 am CDT on July 25, 2020

NOAA, partners to report on 2020 Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ monitoring cruise

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Aerial photo of sperm whales, which are found in the Gulf of Mexico

NOAA monthly U.S. and global climate report call is July 16

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

More NOAA features

Hot, cold or draw: Which climate conditions are mostly likely this March?

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climate outlooks

Across the eastern half of the U.S., March 2020 temperatures are more likely to be in the upper third of the 1981-2010 climate record (red colors) than in the middle or lower third. Darker colors mean higher chances, not more extreme temperatures.

NOAA Science Report highlights 2019 research accomplishments

May 18, 2019 -- Cherokee, Oklahoma: NOAA and partner scientists take observations from the core of a severe storm as part of the TORUS project, or Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells, which is designed to understand relationships between severe thunderstorms and tornado formation.

NOAA's space weather and climate satellite DSCOVR is back in operation

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IMAGE - DSCOVR: Deep Space Climate Observatory - NESDIS image - 1600 x 900 original

POSTPONED, new date: Join us for the NOAA Open House and explore your world

February 28, 2020

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2018 NOAA Open House - NOAA mascot Owlie Skywarn with Hurricane Hunter pilots and NOAA Corps officers

National Weather Service: Protecting lives and property for 150 years

February 28, 2020

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Weather-ready Nation

A woman in the Weather Bureau station at National Airport (Washington, DC) is gathering surface weather observations at a Weather Bureau instrument panel on which are mounted barometers, thermometers, wind direction and velocity indicators, and other instruments for measuring weather elements, circa 1943.

Is this marsh 'happy'? Here's how to tell.

February 19, 2020

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This apparently healthy-looking tidal marsh within Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Rhode Island is, in fact, unhealthy. The image demonstrates how tidal marshes deteriorate in diverse and complex ways. (Undated image.)

Better wireless emergency alerts coming to a cell phone near you

February 19, 2020

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advisories, watches, or warnings

The massive amount of rain that fell on the Colorado Front Range in September 2016 was devastating, with nine lives lost and property damage estimated at more than $2 billion. Please don't let this happen to you: If you receive a Wireless Emergency Alert on your mobile device, please take action immediately.

January 2020 was Earth’s hottest January on record

February 13, 2020

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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, NASA: Climate change could trigger more landslides in High Mountain Asia

February 12, 2020

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New NOAA and NASA research predicting risk of landslides in High Mountain Asia may offer a good method to assess similar risks in Alaska, pictured here, and other areas of North America.

Make way for #WhaleWeek 2020

February 10, 2020

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Bowhead whales.

National Weather Service at 150: 7 tech inventions that improved forecasting

February 7, 2020

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science and technology

Weather-ready Nation

NOAA's GOES-S satellite is rotated to the vertical position after removal of its packing crate at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, so engineers could prepare the satellite for a March 2018 launch. The advance weather satellite is operational now and referred to as GOES-17.

Billion-dollar disasters show crucial link between NOAA satellites and emergency managers

February 7, 2020

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Billion-Dollar Disasters

A view from GOES-17 of three tropical systems in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic basins in September 3, 2019. From left to right: Hurricane Juliette, Tropical Depression 7 and Hurricane Dorian.

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