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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 29, 2023: People attempt to clear a storm drain on Stratford Avenue amid flash flooding in the Flatbush neighborhood of New York City’s Brooklyn borough. September 2023 brought everything from flooding rain to tropical systems and blistering heat to parts of the U.S.

The U.S. just had its 7th-warmest September on record

October 10, 2023

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monthly climate report

Billion-Dollar Disasters

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 29, 2023: People attempt to clear a storm drain on Stratford Avenue amid flash flooding in the Flatbush neighborhood of New York City’s Brooklyn borough. September 2023 brought everything from flooding rain to tropical systems and blistering heat to parts of the U.S.

NOAA announces the EPP/MSI 2023 Graduate Fellowship Program recipient

October 4, 2023

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People stand talking to each other, holding clipboards and flyers of oysters and throwing away trash

NOAA awards $3 million to advance community resilience through education

September 29, 2023

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Office of Education

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Environmental Literacy Program

People stand talking to each other, holding clipboards and flyers of oysters and throwing away trash

Fall in love with science

September 28, 2023

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This Sept. 16, 2023, aerial image shows flooding in the area around Machiasport, Maine, after Hurricane Lee passed through.

Aerial images from #Lee damage assessment now available online

September 18, 2023

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This Sept. 16, 2023, aerial image shows flooding in the area around Machiasport, Maine, after Hurricane Lee passed through.

A reel of microfiche is unrolled on top of a Naval weather logbook alongside boxes of other reels.

Preserving World War II Naval Data

September 18, 2023

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A reel of microfiche is unrolled on top of a Naval weather logbook alongside boxes of other reels.

SEVILLE, SPAIN - AUGUST 21: A person walks past a place of business cooled by water vapor during a heatwave on August 21, 2023. The city — the hottest major metropolitan area in continental Europe — baked under Europe’s second-warmest August and third-warmest summer on record.

The world just sweltered through its hottest August on record

September 14, 2023

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monthly climate report

SEVILLE, SPAIN - AUGUST 21: A person walks past a place of business cooled by water vapor during a heatwave on August 21, 2023. The city — the hottest major metropolitan area in continental Europe — baked under Europe’s second-warmest August and third-warmest summer on record.

The Altius-600 uncrewed aircraft system demonstration model appears with Hurricane Hunter NOAA WP-3D Orion, known as “Miss Piggy,” at NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida, during an uncrewed aircraft system flight test on May 25, 2022.

NOAA flies straight into the Guinness World Records book

September 12, 2023

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research drones

uncrewed systems

The Altius-600 uncrewed aircraft system demonstration model appears with Hurricane Hunter NOAA WP-3D Orion, known as “Miss Piggy,” at NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida, during an uncrewed aircraft system flight test on May 25, 2022.

August 17, 2023: A neighborhood in Lahaina, Hawaii, is destroyed by the deadliest fire in the U.S. in over a century. This fire was one of 23 billion dollar disasters that struck the U.S. through August 2023 — the all-time highest number of billion dollar disasters on record.

U.S. saw its 9th-warmest August on record

September 11, 2023

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monthly climate report

Billion-Dollar Disasters

August 17, 2023: A neighborhood in Lahaina, Hawaii, is destroyed by the deadliest fire in the U.S. in over a century. This fire was one of 23 billion dollar disasters that struck the U.S. through August 2023 — the all-time highest number of billion dollar disasters on record.

A grid of photos showing scholars doing a variety of activities, including: holding a tray of sampled oysters in a lab, holding a plate of whale baleen, on a boat, holding a weather balloon, and at a computer displaying audio data.

Now accepting applications for the EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholarships

September 1, 2023

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Office of Education

A grid of photos showing scholars doing a variety of activities, including: holding a tray of sampled oysters in a lab, holding a plate of whale baleen, on a boat, holding a weather balloon, and at a computer displaying audio data.