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Topic: Climate change

Photo showing a group caribou from the Western Arctic Caribou Herd travels along a winter trail between the villages of Selawik and Ambler, Alaska, within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The herd migrates through and sometimes winters on the refuge.

Arctic tundra becoming source of carbon dioxide emissions

December 10, 2024

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temperature rankings

Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Gateway to NOAA

Photo showing a group caribou from the Western Arctic Caribou Herd travels along a winter trail between the villages of Selawik and Ambler, Alaska, within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The herd migrates through and sometimes winters on the refuge.

pupkins

The spooky impact of climate change on Halloween

October 31, 2024

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extreme weather

agriculture & farming

pupkins

Illustration showing people working together to care for the Earth. (Credit: Getty Images).

How to foster community resilience

September 17, 2024

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Illustration showing people working together to care for the Earth. (Credit: Getty Images).

A photo collage highlighting some of the initiatives from NOAA's Inflation Reduction Act investments.

7 ways the Inflation Reduction Act and NOAA are helping communities thrive in face of climate change

August 16, 2024

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Inflation Reduction Act

climate resilience

A photo collage highlighting some of the initiatives from NOAA's Inflation Reduction Act investments.

U.S. just had its 2nd-warmest June amid several record-setting heat waves

July 9, 2024

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monthly climate report

climate analyses and statistics

Bittners Farm.

Nitrous oxide emissions grew 40% from 1980–2020, accelerating climate change

June 12, 2024

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Bittners Farm.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked for 2021 in May at a monthly average of 419 parts per million (ppm), the highest level since accurate measurements began 63 years ago, according to scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. (2019 photo of observatory grounds, Big Island, Hawaii.)

During a year of extremes, carbon dioxide levels surge faster than ever

June 6, 2024

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Atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked for 2021 in May at a monthly average of 419 parts per million (ppm), the highest level since accurate measurements began 63 years ago, according to scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. (2019 photo of observatory grounds, Big Island, Hawaii.)

Photo of commercial fishing in Valdez, Alaska.

Biden-Harris Administration awards $20 million for regional fishery management council projects as part of Investing in America agenda

May 21, 2024

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Inflation Reduction Act

resource management

Photo of commercial fishing in Valdez, Alaska.

In the early morning hours, sunlight returns to the Arctic in spring, illuminating sea ice in a blue glow, after months of winter darkness.

5 things to know about an 'ice-free' Arctic

May 14, 2024

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In the early morning hours, sunlight returns to the Arctic in spring, illuminating sea ice in a blue glow, after months of winter darkness.

A doodled graphic of the Earth with the text “Every day is Earth Day” on it. The Earth is surrounded by drawings of nature including a desert, tropics, tundra, marine and deep sea environments, mountains, forests, rivers, and hills.

#EarthDay 2024: NOAA ships, marine plastics, a fun little quiz and more

April 2, 2024

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citizen science

climate science

Earth science news

A doodled graphic of the Earth with the text “Every day is Earth Day” on it. The Earth is surrounded by drawings of nature including a desert, tropics, tundra, marine and deep sea environments, mountains, forests, rivers, and hills.

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