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Investing in America: NOAA's Science, Service and Stewardship in Action
December 9, 2024
Welcome to noaa.gov
Local volunteers help monitor, clean up Ohio beaches
April 17, 2024
Three smiling children stand on a beach holding deflated mylar balloons.
Introducing Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary: A maritime legacy
April 17, 2024
Location map for the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary
Tradition meets science to monitor water quality in South Carolina
April 17, 2024
A woman and a girl wearing blue life vests on a boat in a river.
Venturing into community science at Mallows Bay
April 17, 2024
Enthusiastic volunteers convene in their kayaks to gather data on the submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) amidst the freshwater marsh plants of Mallows Bay
#EarthDay 2024: NOAA ships, marine plastics, a fun little quiz and more
April 2, 2024
Visit us all #EarthWeek long
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.
NOAA seeks applications for 2024 urban heat island initiative
December 19, 2023
Communities must apply by January 31 for heat mapping program
Kyra Woods, policy advisor for the city of Chicago, hands out sensors to volunteers who will attach a sensor to their car and drive established routes in the city. The sensor can record temperature, humidity and location. The data are then used to create a detailed map of urban heat pockets in the city. 
5 citizen scientists of the 18th and 19th centuries
April 19, 2023
A look at some of America’s earliest citizen scientists
Thin sections of portraits of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Banneker, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Eunice Newton Foote lined up next to each other.
#EarthDay: Invest in our changing planet now to secure a more livable future
April 16, 2023
With a little Earth love, you can help us achieve a Climate-Ready Nation
A doodled graphic of a hand holding a heart above the Earth, which has a piggy bank slot on it. The Earth has the text “Happy Earth Day” on it and is surrounded by drawings of nature including hills, forests, mountains, and the ocean as well as the text “Invest in Our Planet.”
Citizen scientists wanted: Put your powers of observation into action
April 13, 2023
Plus: Explore NOAA’s new Citizen Science Action Plan
Marist College and Poughkeepsie High School students check a net for migrating juvenile American eels on the Fall Kill Creek on New York's Hudson River estuary.
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