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Photo showing a sun rises over the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. (Credit: RJ Mitchell)

Biden-Harris Administration makes $9.6 million available for Regional Ocean Partnerships through Investing in America agenda

January 19, 2024

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

coastal communities

Photo showing a sun rises over the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. (Credit: RJ Mitchell)

Photo of a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka rescue swimmer hoists a Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue technician while conducting joint training in Sitka Sound, Alaska, Feb. 17, 2019.

NOAA satellites helped save 350 lives in 2023

January 18, 2024

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polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

geostationary satellite (GOES)

Photo of a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka rescue swimmer hoists a Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue technician while conducting joint training in Sitka Sound, Alaska, Feb. 17, 2019.

Statement on the passing of former NOAA Administrator John V. Byrne

January 17, 2024

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NOAA leadership

An early photo of a huge smoke cloud from the Bootleg wildfire in Oregon. July 17, 2021.

Biden-Harris Administration invests $34 million for NOAA fire weather research through Investing in America agenda

January 10, 2024

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

An early photo of a huge smoke cloud from the Bootleg wildfire in Oregon. July 17, 2021.

Photo of an entangled adult North Atlantic right whale “Argo” off of Surf City, North Carolina. The light blue rectangle behind the flukes is the trailing entangling gear. Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #24359

Biden-Harris Administration announces new partnership to develop North Atlantic right whale protection technologies as part of Investing in America agenda

January 9, 2024

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Inflation Reduction Act

Photo of an entangled adult North Atlantic right whale “Argo” off of Surf City, North Carolina. The light blue rectangle behind the flukes is the trailing entangling gear. Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #24359

Photo showing Sunset from the bow of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer on Day 8 of the EXPRESS: West Coast Mapping 2022 expedition illuminates calming seas and a smoother ride. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, EXPRESS: West Coast Mapping 2022.

U.S. government announces size, limits of extended continental shelf

December 19, 2023

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coastal ecosystems

National Geodetic Survey

Photo showing Sunset from the bow of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer on Day 8 of the EXPRESS: West Coast Mapping 2022 expedition illuminates calming seas and a smoother ride. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, EXPRESS: West Coast Mapping 2022.

Kyra Woods, policy advisor for the city of Chicago, hands out sensors to volunteers who will attach a sensor to their car and drive established routes in the city. The sensor can record temperature, humidity and location. The data are then used to create a detailed map of urban heat pockets in the city.

NOAA seeks applications for 2024 urban heat island initiative

December 19, 2023

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citizen science

Kyra Woods, policy advisor for the city of Chicago, hands out sensors to volunteers who will attach a sensor to their car and drive established routes in the city. The sensor can record temperature, humidity and location. The data are then used to create a detailed map of urban heat pockets in the city.

Guy Omnik observing the sea ice near Point Hope, Alaska, in January 2020 as part of the Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub. Courtesy of Caroline Nashookpuk.

Warmest Arctic summer on record is evidence of accelerating climate change

December 12, 2023

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Indigenous knowledge

temperature rankings

Guy Omnik observing the sea ice near Point Hope, Alaska, in January 2020 as part of the Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub. Courtesy of Caroline Nashookpuk.

Photo showing Arctic seals float on ice in the waters near Whittier, Alaska, June 2023.

Biden-Harris Administration invests $1 million in advancing Arctic data management and climate resilience through Investing in America agenda

December 8, 2023

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Inflation Reduction Act

Photo showing Arctic seals float on ice in the waters near Whittier, Alaska, June 2023.

Photo showing a mass coral bleaching of multiple coral species at Cheeca Rocks, Florida Keys in late July 2023.

NOAA, University of Queensland report: Marine heatwaves severely impacting corals

December 7, 2023

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Photo showing a mass coral bleaching of multiple coral species at Cheeca Rocks, Florida Keys in late July 2023.