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Photo showing Coast Guard rescuimg 6 people who activated an Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) after their 48-ft fishing vessel began sinking off the coast of Oak Island, North Carolina, on December 8, 2024 (Credit: USCG).

NOAA satellites were pivotal in the rescue of 411 lives in 2024

January 16, 2025

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polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

geostationary satellite (GOES)

Photo showing Coast Guard rescuimg 6 people who activated an Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) after their 48-ft fishing vessel began sinking off the coast of Oak Island, North Carolina, on December 8, 2024 (Credit: USCG).

An image from NOAA's GOES-18 satellite of the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire burning in Southern California on January 8, 2025. (Image credit: NOAA)

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA invest $15 million to help protect Western U.S. communities from wildfire

January 16, 2025

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

measurements and observations

Earth observations

An image from NOAA's GOES-18 satellite of the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire burning in Southern California on January 8, 2025. (Image credit: NOAA)

Photo showing a variety of fish species swim above a patch reef 80 feet deep at French Frigate Shoals within the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary. The sanctuary includes an expansive area of coral reefs, seamounts, banks, and shoals and is home to a wide variety of invertebrates, fish, birds, marine mammals, and other wildlife, many of which are found only in the Hawaiian Islands.

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA designate 18th national marine sanctuary

January 15, 2025

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resource management

Photo showing a variety of fish species swim above a patch reef 80 feet deep at French Frigate Shoals within the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary. The sanctuary includes an expansive area of coral reefs, seamounts, banks, and shoals and is home to a wide variety of invertebrates, fish, birds, marine mammals, and other wildlife, many of which are found only in the Hawaiian Islands.

Photo showing a sun rises over the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. (Credit: RJ Mitchell)

Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $17 million for Regional Ocean Partnerships through Investing in America

January 14, 2025

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

coastal communities

Photo showing a sun rises over the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. (Credit: RJ Mitchell)

Photo showing Ashley Ward (center), director of the Duke University Heat Policy Innovation Hub, greets participants at the HeatWise Policy Partnership Summit organized by Duke University in June 2024: Credit: Ashley Stephenson.

NOAA awards $700,000 to communities, academia for extreme heat planning, research

January 14, 2025

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Inflation Reduction Act

Photo showing Ashley Ward (center), director of the Duke University Heat Policy Innovation Hub, greets participants at the HeatWise Policy Partnership Summit organized by Duke University in June 2024: Credit: Ashley Stephenson.

Photo showing a vehicle and parking meter are submerged by high tide flooding in Annapolis, Maryland, April 12, 2024. High tide flooding is the overflow of water on typically dry coastal land and occurs during high tides. As sea levels rise, high tide flooding occurs more frequently, and is an increasing disruption to coastal communities. Photo credit: NOAA CO-OPS

New NOAA dataset to help improve flood mitigation tools, flood-risk assessment

January 13, 2025

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coastal communities

Photo showing a vehicle and parking meter are submerged by high tide flooding in Annapolis, Maryland, April 12, 2024. High tide flooding is the overflow of water on typically dry coastal land and occurs during high tides. As sea levels rise, high tide flooding occurs more frequently, and is an increasing disruption to coastal communities. Photo credit: NOAA CO-OPS

Hurricane Debby was a slow-moving, destructive tropical cyclone that caused widespread flooding across the Southeastern United States, including in Sarasota, Florida, pictured here, and portions of Atlantic Canada. Source: Adobe Stock.

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA invest nearly $1 million for coastal resilience in frontline communities through Investing in America agenda

December 19, 2024

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

climate resilience

coastal economies

Gateway to NOAA

Hurricane Debby was a slow-moving, destructive tropical cyclone that caused widespread flooding across the Southeastern United States, including in Sarasota, Florida, pictured here, and portions of Atlantic Canada. Source: Adobe Stock.

Photo of boat. NOAA's Restoration Blueprint proposes to strengthen regulations to preemptively keep vessels from becoming derelict. Photo: Scott Atwell/NOAA.

NOAA announces management plan for Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Restoration Blueprint

December 13, 2024

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protected resources

resource management

environmental impacts

Photo of boat. NOAA's Restoration Blueprint proposes to strengthen regulations to preemptively keep vessels from becoming derelict. Photo: Scott Atwell/NOAA.

Photo of coral restoration divers in Butler Bay on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (May 2023). NOAA funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is supporting a ridge-to-reef restoration effort on the west end of St. Croix. (Credit: Ceiba Strategies)

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA make $20 million available for habitat restoration, resilience for tribes and underserved communities

December 13, 2024

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

habitat restoration

Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Photo of coral restoration divers in Butler Bay on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (May 2023). NOAA funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is supporting a ridge-to-reef restoration effort on the west end of St. Croix. (Credit: Ceiba Strategies)

Photo of Dr. Rick Spinrad, NOAA administrator (left), and Dr. Everette Joseph, Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, hold up an expanded Memorandum of Understanding on December 10, 2024 in Washington DC. The MOU will strengthen the partnership between NOAA and NCAR to advance and accelerate our understanding and application of Earth system science.

NOAA, UCAR renew, expand partnership to advance extreme weather research

December 11, 2024

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extreme weather

Photo of Dr. Rick Spinrad, NOAA administrator (left), and Dr. Everette Joseph, Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, hold up an expanded Memorandum of Understanding on December 10, 2024 in Washington DC. The MOU will strengthen the partnership between NOAA and NCAR to advance and accelerate our understanding and application of Earth system science.