Two experimental tools that will speed fire detection and warning got a week-long test run last month during a series of hands-on simulations in NOAA’s new Fire Weather Testbed.
NOAA tests next-generation wildfire detection and warning tools Read More >
NOAA scientists and several partners are taking a fresh look at persistent air pollution problems bedeviling the nation’s two largest Intermountain metro regions, Denver and Salt Lake City, from the ground, in the air, and from space, during new research projects launched this month.
Summer airborne research targets Rocky Mountain ozone pollution Read More >
When the container vessel Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore Harbor on March 26, 2024, deliveries to
Measuring pollution levels in the Port of Baltimore after the bridge collapse Read More >
This groundbreaking study could lead to vast improvements in fire weather forecasting.
First-of-its-kind experiment illuminates wildfires in unprecedented detail Read More >
Meet seven women who are tackling greenhouse gas research challenges head on through innovating measurement technologies, integrating data into models, translating research findings into content for a variety of audiences, and more.
Meet the women of NOAA advancing greenhouse gas research Read More >
Record-breaking marine heatwaves, increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, an above average hurricane season, and numerous deep sea discoveries made 2023 a busy year for NOAA Research. Let’s explore some of our top stories from 2023!
Top NOAA Research stories from 2023 Read More >
The summer of 2021 was a smoky one for Denver and northeastern Colorado. Smoky haze from wildfires in Arizona, California, and the Pacific Northwest shrouded
Smoked out: Were wildfires responsible for Denver’s record ozone season of 2021? Read More >
Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide, the three greenhouse gases emitted by human activity that are the most significant contributors to climate change, continued their historically high rates of growth in the atmosphere during 2022, according to NOAA scientists.
Greenhouse gases continued to increase rapidly in 2022 Read More >
A new research paper from NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society finds that dust storms – previously assumed to be rather rare and isolated to particular regions – are contributing to a larger number of U.S. traffic fatalities than are recorded. This research also proposes modifications to the current reporting classifications to more accurately capture dust storm impact.
How deadly are dust storms? Read More >
Discovering a 207-year-old whaling ship, advancing air-quality forecasts, improving storm surge and wind forecasts, and deploying the first-ever drone-based tagging of endangered whales. These are a few of the more than 60 stories about NOAA’s many notable scientific accomplishments from the past year that are featured in the 2022 NOAA Science Report, which emphasizes a wide range of impacts that NOAA science advancements have on the lives of Americans.
