Severe weather model predicted tornado's path hours before it formed Severe weather model predicted tornado's path hours before it formed A NOAA research project is opening the door to a new era of high-resolution weather models that can for the first time predict the... Read more
New model reveals how ocean acidification challenges tiny sea snails off U.S. West Coast New model reveals how ocean acidification challenges tiny sea snails off U.S. West Coast A tiny sea snail, sometimes called a sea butterfly because of how it flutters about traveling the ocean currents, is part of the diet... Read more
NOAA’s greenhouse gas index up 40 percent since 1990 NOAA’s greenhouse gas index up 40 percent since 1990 NOAA’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Index, which tracks the warming influence of long-lived greenhouse gases, has increased by 40 percent... Read more
Summer of sailing drones Summer of sailing drones Unmanned ocean vehicles are collecting data from the Arctic to the tropics Over the next four months, NOAA scientists will launch unmanned ocean vehicles, called Saildrones, from the Arctic to the tropical... Read more
Possible new threat to Earth’s ozone layer Possible new threat to Earth’s ozone layer The Montreal Protocol has been hailed for controlling chlorine-based chemicals that created a vast hole in the ozone layer over... Read more
NOAA and international partners plan upgrade of global weather and ocean observing system NOAA and international partners plan upgrade of global weather and ocean observing system NOAA met with ocean observations experts from six nations and 13 global organizations in May 2017 in Honolulu, Hawaii, to plan for the... Read more
NOAA and partners launch buoy to track changing coastal chemistry in Chesapeake Bay 6Apr2018 Read more A new buoy, launched by NOAA and partners at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, will measure changes in ocean acidification that could impact... Read more
Study: Climate change soon to be main cause of heat waves in West, Great Lakes 19Mar2018 Read more A new analysis of heat wave patterns appearing today in Nature Climate Change concludes that climate change driven by the... Read more
NOAA Science Report highlights 2017 research accomplishments 9Mar2018 Read more The NOAA Annual Science Report provides an overview of the agency’s research portfolio, and highlights a selection of... Documents to download Final NOAA Science Report 1 pager(.pdf, 1.2 MB) - 91 download(s) Final 2017 NOAA Science Report(.pdf, 10.04 MB) - 118 download(s) Read more
To improve seasonal storm track forecasts, look to the tropical stratosphere 27Mar2018 Read more People have become familiar with “bomb cyclones” this winter, as several powerful winter storms brought strong winds and... Read more
New National Academies' report lays out path forward for methane research 27Mar2018 Read more A new National Academies of Sciences' report calls on several federal agencies to work together to improve techniques for... Read more