Watch video LIVE from the seafloor as NOAA and partners explore deep-sea volcanoes Watch video LIVE from the seafloor as NOAA and partners explore deep-sea volcanoes With just a computer or mobile device, you can virtually join a NOAA-led team of 35 international scientists as they explore seafloor volcanoes. Read more
University of Guam reaches milestone toward establishing NOAA Sea Grant College Program University of Guam reaches milestone toward establishing NOAA Sea Grant College Program The University of Guam is now one step closer to creating a NOAA Sea Grant College Program based on its excellent performance since joining the Sea Grant network as a project in 2004. Read more
University of Vermont and State University of New York reach milestone toward establishing NOAA Sea Grant College Program University of Vermont and State University of New York reach milestone toward establishing NOAA Sea Grant College Program The University of Vermont and the State University of New York Plattsburgh are one step closer to creating a NOAA Sea Grant College Program based on the excellent performance of Lake Champlain Sea Grant. Read more
NOAA researchers join large, international flash flood project in Europe NOAA researchers join large, international flash flood project in Europe 10-year project expected to reveal important findings beneficial to the United States NOAA, NASA and the University of Connecticut are representing the United States in the Hydrological Cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment (HyMeX), the largest weather field research project in European history. Read more
Target: Hurricanes Target: Hurricanes NOAA scientists part of NASA-led mission to study the damaging storms with unmanned aircraft, new instruments Researchers from NASA, NOAA, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and others are launching a three-year mission to better understand what makes hurricanes intensify or weaken, and what factors steer the destructive storms. Read more
‘Prawling’ around in the Atlantic ‘Prawling’ around in the Atlantic A new type of buoy powered by the waves is being used during a large scale field study sampling the salinity – or saltiness – of the mid-Atlantic Ocean. 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
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
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