NOAA cooperative institute captures meteor images NOAA cooperative institute captures meteor images Scientists at the NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University caught a rare image Friday -- a meteor exploding over Russia. Read more
NOAA and DOE join forces to tackle climate modeling NOAA and DOE join forces to tackle climate modeling Scientists with NOAA and the Department of Energy’s Office of Science will coordinate their climate modeling research programs to answer some of the most perplexing questions in climate and Earth systems science. Read more
NOAA research finds new way to identify which El Niño events will have biggest impact on U.S. winter weather NOAA research finds new way to identify which El Niño events will have biggest impact on U.S. winter weather New research from NOAA and the University of Washington suggests that using satellites to detect heat from deep convective cloud tops may be a way to detect El Niño and could help forecasters predict the unusual weather it causes. Read more
New smart phone app lets public report rain, hail, sleet and snow to NOAA New smart phone app lets public report rain, hail, sleet and snow to NOAA Public reports will aid weather research The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, in partnership with the University of Oklahoma, has launched a free app for users to anonymously report precipitation from their Apple or Android mobile device. Read more
5,000th Teacher Completes NOAA Ocean Exploration Workshop 5,000th Teacher Completes NOAA Ocean Exploration Workshop Hawaiian educator applies ocean science studies to native heritage lesson plans When Malia Ane signed in at a September 2012 workshop, she was the 5,000th teacher to do so since NOAA began the program nine years ago. Read more
Create a rain garden, protect the environment with new NOAA Sea Grant-funded app Create a rain garden, protect the environment with new NOAA Sea Grant-funded app Rain Garden, a new free iPhone app, guides users on how to create and install rain gardens that curtail runoff of pollutants, prevent erosion, and provide wildlife habitat. Read more
Fragrant consumer products a key source of ozone-forming pollution in New York City 3Aug2021 Read more New research from NOAA finds that fragrant personal care products - the stuff that makes you smell good - are now responsible for a significant amount of the ozone pollution known as smog that plagues major urban areas. Read more
2020’s Economic Slowdown Provides Opportunity to Investigate Ozone Pollution in the U.S. 16Sep2021 Read more When COVID-19 pandemic began in the US, counties and cities across the nation imposed stay at home orders, closed schools or imposed travel restrictions. From March 2020 onward, many Americans hung up car keys and settled into their homes for work and school. Traffic patterns dramatically changed, and previously smog filled vistas became clearer. Read more
Human activities responsible for rapid increase in Earth's heat 28Jul2021 Read more A new study by Princeton University and NOAA researchers has found clear evidence of human influence on Earth’s climate in the past two decades of satellite measurements. “Human activity strongly influenced the positive trend in Earth's energy imbalance, causing a significant increase in the heat stored in the planet,” said Shiv Priyam Raghuraman, the lead researcher on the study. Read more
New research helps crack the mystery of clouds to improve climate prediction 25Aug2021 Read more NOAA and partner research on clouds and air-sea interactions will help improve a new generation of models that predict our weather and climate, according to a new summary article that is part of a special issue of the open access journal Earth System Science Data. Read more
NOAA’s new uncrewed glider poised to help vastly increase high-altitude research 7Oct2021 Read more NOAA scientists are testing a reliable, low-tech, uncrewed glider that can return a small payload of scientific instruments from the stratosperhere to a pre-determined landing spot, potentially opening up vast new reaches of the atmosphere to scientific investigation. Read more