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Environmental education shows what it means to do ‘green’ STEM

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Two students stand on the shore of an island and cast fishing lines into the water. There’s a beautiful orange and blue sunset over the ocean.

Podcast: The future is here for NOAA's nautical charts

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This image shows what the NOAA Custom Chart looks like for the area near San Francisco, California. With this free online tool, it's easy to zoom in and explore this region, or any area covered by NOAA's 3.2 million square nautical miles of charts. And once you find what you're looking for, it's just as easy to download a printable digital copy.

#EarthDay 2021: Rediscover and connect with nature just outside your door

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Early morning rainbow along the south shore of Maui taken on July 29, 2019 in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.

NOAA report highlights 2020 climate, weather, ocean research

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NOAA partners from the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at University of Miami and the Caribbean Region Association for Coastal Ocean Observing gather around 11 ocean gliders that will track hurricane data off Puerto Rico, July 14, 2020.

Persevere and excel: EPP/MSI alumnus awarded doctoral degree while working full-time at NOAA

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A portrait of Michael Edwards, D.Eng., who is a physical scientist in NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and a 2002 EPP/MSI Graduate Sciences Program alumnus. A quote next to his portrait reads "Everything is a challenge, but challenges are there to bring out the best in us ... If you want to get it, work hard and you can attain it."

Studies show conserving land has economic, ecological benefits

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A NASA satellite view of Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore created with images acquired by Landsat 7 during the period of 1999-2002.

'What's that in the water?' Using citizen science to better understand marine debris

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A citizen scientist collects and analyzes water samples for microplastic debris in Florida.

Carbon dioxide levels now higher than at any time in the past 3.6 million years

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NOAA's Mauna Loa observatory is a premier research facility that has continuously monitored and collected atmospheric data since the 1950s. This photo, taken in 2019, shows the observatory on its perch at 11,000 feet elevation on Hawaii's tallest mountain, which enables sampling of "background" air that is free of local pollution.

Countdown to Earth Day: NOAA unlocks citizen science ‘project of the day’

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citizen science

NOAA engages the public in support of key mission areas through the rapidly growing field of citizen science — a form of open collaboration in which individuals and organizations participate voluntarily in the scientific process. Citizen scientists take part in a range of activities from observing precipitation type and amount to helping map the ocean floor.

NOAA study of 'rare' Great Lakes wave shows promise of forecasting meteotsunamis

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A Lake Michigan meteotsunami on April 13, 2018 unleashes a waterfall that cascades over the breakwater during the event near the lighthouse off Ludington, Michigan.

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