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El Nino looms large over U.S. Winter Outlook

NOAA’s U.S. Winter Outlook, released today, shows how El Nino will likely influence the upcoming winter months (December 2026 ...
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Weekend nor’easter likely to bring damaging winds, coastal flooding

Forecasters at NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) are monitoring a powerful nor’easter bringing damaging wind gusts and dangerous coastal flooding to the Northeast this weekend. The New York City ...
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What is the carbon cycle?

It appears that your browser doesn't support HTML5 video. Here's a direct link to the video instead. VIDEO: The carbon cycle describes the process in which carbon atoms continually travel from the ...
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What does an oceanographer do?

Several thousand marine scientists are busy at work in the United States dealing with a diversity of important issues — from climate change, declining fisheries, and eroding coastlines, to the ...
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Where do I get NOAA tides and currents data?

This National Water Level Observation Network station is specially reinforced to withstand hurricanes and other major storms. The stations are better able to keep functioning during these events, ...
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NOAA boosts weather data collection capabilities with new Mesonet contract

NOAA’s National Weather Service will expand the National Mesonet Program offsite link — an observational weather “network of networks” that delivers critical information required for improved weather ...
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NOAA and partners find smaller-than-anticipated hypoxic zone in Gulf of America

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year’s Gulf of America hypoxic zone is approximately 1,332 square miles, making it the 2nd smallest zone on record in 40 years of measurement.
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Storm ready: NOAA’s new mobile radar fleet bridges gap between research and weather safety

Three cutting-edge mobile weather radars unveiled by NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) today will allow NOAA researchers to deploy research-grade technology to the front lines of tornadoes ...
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NOAA to map critical mineral deposits in deep waters off American Samoa

NOAA’s National Ocean Service announced today a new hydrographic survey project to map and characterize more than 30,000 square nautical miles of federal waters off American Samoa. This project is ...
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NOAA accelerates permitting timeline for deep seabed mining applications

Final rule will streamline the exploration license, commercial recovery permitting process ...
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Explainer: Understanding hurricane hazards

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Gulf of America ‘dead zone’ below average, scientists find

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year’s Gulf of America “dead zone” — an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 4,402 square miles, 21% ...