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Fishing vessels docked in Alaska.

Secretary of Commerce allocates $144 million for fishery disasters

May 5, 2022

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Fishing vessels docked in Alaska.

Atlantic salmon swimming in the Sandy River watershed in Maine.

NOAA announces $6.2 million in endangered species recovery grants

April 29, 2022

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Atlantic salmon swimming in the Sandy River watershed in Maine.

A nighttime lights image from 2020 of the contiguous U.S. from the NOAA/NASA Suomi-NPP satellite's Day-Night Band.

NOAA's Office of Space Commerce gets new director

April 27, 2022

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NOAA leadership

A nighttime lights image from 2020 of the contiguous U.S. from the NOAA/NASA Suomi-NPP satellite's Day-Night Band.

Volunteers Octavia Jones and her two children Taegan and Tristen Harris used the sensor attached to car to collect heat data in the Bronx as part of the NOAA and partner Heat Island Mapping Campaign, July 2021. Courtesy of Octavia Jones (Ms. Jones signed a permission to allow her photo to be used by NOAA and others to tell the story of the Heat Island Mapping Campaign)

NOAA and communities to map heat inequities in 14 U.S. cities and counties

April 26, 2022

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Volunteers Octavia Jones and her two children Taegan and Tristen Harris used the sensor attached to car to collect heat data in the Bronx as part of the NOAA and partner Heat Island Mapping Campaign, July 2021. Courtesy of Octavia Jones (Ms. Jones signed a permission to allow her photo to be used by NOAA and others to tell the story of the Heat Island Mapping Campaign)

Scientists conduct a trawl survey off the coast of New England.

NOAA showcases new mapping tool for marine species

April 19, 2022

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Scientists conduct a trawl survey off the coast of New England.

Air samples from NOAA's Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii provide important data for climate scientists around the world. On Thursday, NOAA announced that analysis of data from their global sampling network showed that levels of the potent greenhouse gas methane recorded the largest annual increase ever observed in 2021, while carbon dioxide continued to increase at historically high rates.

Increase in atmospheric methane set another record during 2021

April 7, 2022

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greenhouse gases

Air samples from NOAA's Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii provide important data for climate scientists around the world. On Thursday, NOAA announced that analysis of data from their global sampling network showed that levels of the potent greenhouse gas methane recorded the largest annual increase ever observed in 2021, while carbon dioxide continued to increase at historically high rates.

Underwater ocean plants are surrounded by trash and debris including bottles, pieces of plastic such as fishing bobs that lay amongst rocks and pebbles.

New Board of Directors to share expertise and tackle challenge of marine debris

April 6, 2022

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Underwater ocean plants are surrounded by trash and debris including bottles, pieces of plastic such as fishing bobs that lay amongst rocks and pebbles.

Flood waters rise in Conway, South Carolina, and nearby communities on Sept. 25, 2018, during Hurricane Florence.

University of Alabama to lead NOAA institute to advance water and flood prediction

April 6, 2022

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Flood waters rise in Conway, South Carolina, and nearby communities on Sept. 25, 2018, during Hurricane Florence.

NOAA FY 2023 budget advances a Climate-Ready Nation, New Blue Economy and Equity

March 29, 2022

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This image of an anchor was taken from the 1836 shipwreck site of brig Industry in the Gulf of Mexico by the NOAA ROV deployed from NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer on February 25, 2022.

NOAA, partners discover wreck of 207-year-old whaling ship

March 23, 2022

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ocean exploration

This image of an anchor was taken from the 1836 shipwreck site of brig Industry in the Gulf of Mexico by the NOAA ROV deployed from NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer on February 25, 2022.