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NOAA’s Ko Barrett to become Deputy Secretary-General of World Meteorological Organization

January 29, 2024

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NOAA leadership

Gulf Coast Shrimping boat off Biloxi/Ocean Springs Coast, Mississippi. (Image credit: Getty Images)

U.S. Department of Commerce allocates more than $42M in fishery disaster funding

January 29, 2024

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commercial fishing

Gulf Coast Shrimping boat off Biloxi/Ocean Springs Coast, Mississippi. (Image credit: Getty Images)

Photo of Sockeye salmon.

Biden-Harris Administration announces $27 million for transformational science supporting recovery of threatened and endangered Pacific salmon

January 26, 2024

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Inflation Reduction Act

Photo of Sockeye salmon.

These two rare North Atlantic right whales were photographed by the NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Center aerial survey team in May 2016.

NOAA, BOEM announce final North Atlantic right whale and offshore wind strategy

January 25, 2024

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Inflation Reduction Act

These two rare North Atlantic right whales were photographed by the NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Center aerial survey team in May 2016.

Map image showing the difference between 30-meter and high-resolution land cover data can mean the difference between seeing large amounts of impervious surface versus neighborhoods with patches of forested area. The image on the right shows 30-meter land cover data for Shelter Bay in Skagit County, Washington, while the image on the left shows the same area with 1-meter high-resolution land cover data, making the product 900 times more detailed.

Biden-Harris Administration shares new land cover data to help communities understand coastal change

January 25, 2024

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

coastal communities

America the Beautiful

Map image showing the difference between 30-meter and high-resolution land cover data can mean the difference between seeing large amounts of impervious surface versus neighborhoods with patches of forested area. The image on the right shows 30-meter land cover data for Shelter Bay in Skagit County, Washington, while the image on the left shows the same area with 1-meter high-resolution land cover data, making the product 900 times more detailed.

Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the USPTO and NOAA at the Department of Commerce's Herbert C. Hoover Building on January 24, 2024, in Washington, DC.

NOAA, USPTO sign collaborative agreement to advance climate technology

January 24, 2024

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technology & innovation

Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the USPTO and NOAA at the Department of Commerce's Herbert C. Hoover Building on January 24, 2024, in Washington, DC.

Photo showing coral reef at Swains Island in American Samoa, showing an assemblage of plating Montipora coral and branching cauliflower coral Pocillopora meandrina. Credit: James Morioka, NOAA.

NOAA, Smithsonian join forces to advance ocean biodiversity and resilience

January 23, 2024

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marine biodiversity

America the Beautiful

Photo showing coral reef at Swains Island in American Samoa, showing an assemblage of plating Montipora coral and branching cauliflower coral Pocillopora meandrina. Credit: James Morioka, NOAA.

Several pairs of hands fitting wooden gears of various sizes together on a meeting room table. Courtesy of Canva.com

Biden-Harris Administration invests $85M for Industry Proving Grounds program to strengthen climate resilience through Investing in America agenda

January 23, 2024

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Inflation Reduction Act

Climate-Ready Nation

Several pairs of hands fitting wooden gears of various sizes together on a meeting room table. Courtesy of Canva.com

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.