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Browsing: NOAA

NOAA Finalized Changes to Deep Seabed Mining Regulations in February — Most People Didn’t Notice Until It Was Too Late

By Derrick LesterJune 10, 2026

There are billions of undisturbed polymetallic nodules on the seafloor somewhere in the Pacific Ocean,…

Accenture Won the Contract to Modernize NOAA’s National Weather Service — Here’s What Changes

By Derrick LesterJune 9, 2026

The fact that the system that alerts millions of Americans to tornadoes, flash floods, and…

The NOAA Forecast Maps Showing Ohio’s Summer Outlook Have Agriculture Officials Already Planning for Drought

By Derrick LesterJune 9, 2026

When the forecast maps are released and no one has anything comforting to say, a…

How NOAA Tracks Solar Flares From a Nondescript Office That Protects Billions of Dollars in Infrastructure

By Derrick LesterJune 9, 2026

Every shift, a small team of forecasters watches the Sun somewhere in Boulder, Colorado, in…

NOAA’s Assessment Shows March 2026 Broke Temperature Records That Stood for More Than a Century

By Derrick LesterJune 9, 2026

Since 1869, a weather station in Lawrence, Kansas, has been taking temperature readings. There were…

NOAA Satellite Captured Rare Imagery of Interstate-Induced Clouds — And Atmospheric Scientists Are Fascinated

By Derrick LesterJune 9, 2026

When a weather satellite silently drifted in geostationary orbit over the Western Hemisphere early on…

NOAA Research Shows That Most Life in the Zone Targeted by Deep-Sea Miners Is Brand New to Science

By Derrick LesterJune 9, 2026

The majority of people will never see or consider the world beneath the Pacific Ocean,…

Why NOAA Researchers Are Studying Larval Fish Resilience as the Key to Predicting Fishery Collapse

By Derrick LesterJune 9, 2026

The water in a section of the western Gulf of Alaska appears almost too normal,…

NOAA Rescinds the Regulation Prohibiting Commercial Fishing in an Atlantic Monument Area — Conservation Groups Are Outraged

By Derrick LesterJune 9, 2026

This story has an almost cyclical quality that, if you’ve been watching it long enough,…

NOAA’s Record of Global Temperature in April 2026 Contains a Data Point That Climate Scientists Cannot Ignore

By Derrick LesterJune 9, 2026

The April 2026 global temperature report from NOAA contains a figure that is likely overlooked.…

Browsing: NOAA

NOAA Finalized Changes to Deep Seabed Mining Regulations in February — Most People Didn’t Notice Until It Was Too Late

Accenture Won the Contract to Modernize NOAA’s National Weather Service — Here’s What Changes

The NOAA Forecast Maps Showing Ohio’s Summer Outlook Have Agriculture Officials Already Planning for Drought

How NOAA Tracks Solar Flares From a Nondescript Office That Protects Billions of Dollars in Infrastructure

NOAA’s Assessment Shows March 2026 Broke Temperature Records That Stood for More Than a Century

NOAA Satellite Captured Rare Imagery of Interstate-Induced Clouds — And Atmospheric Scientists Are Fascinated

NOAA Research Shows That Most Life in the Zone Targeted by Deep-Sea Miners Is Brand New to Science

Why NOAA Researchers Are Studying Larval Fish Resilience as the Key to Predicting Fishery Collapse

NOAA Rescinds the Regulation Prohibiting Commercial Fishing in an Atlantic Monument Area — Conservation Groups Are Outraged

NOAA’s Record of Global Temperature in April 2026 Contains a Data Point That Climate Scientists Cannot Ignore

The Death Ball Sponge and the Octopus: A Rare Glimpse Into the Galapagos’ Newest Ecosystem

The Ocean Observing System That NOAA Relies On Is Failing — and the Consequences Could Be Catastrophic for Climate Science

The U.S. Is the Only Major Economy Without a National Deep-Sea Research Strategy. That Is an Enormous Problem.

The 50-Year Acoustic Leap: How RESON’s Sound Wave Technology Transformed Our Understanding of Underwater Landscapes

The Ocean Carbon Sink That Made Climate Action Look Achievable Is Now Showing Signs of Saturation

The Southern Ocean Is Freshening at a Rate That Scientists Say Will Shut Down a Critical Carbon Pump by 2060

The Deep-Sea Robot That Got Stranded on the Pacific Floor Last Year Is Still Down There. Nobody’s Going Back for It.

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The 50-Year Acoustic Leap: How RESON’s Sound Wave Technology Transformed Our Understanding of Underwater Landscapes

The Ocean Carbon Sink That Made Climate Action Look Achievable Is Now Showing Signs of Saturation

The Southern Ocean Is Freshening at a Rate That Scientists Say Will Shut Down a Critical Carbon Pump by 2060

The Deep-Sea Robot That Got Stranded on the Pacific Floor Last Year Is Still Down There. Nobody’s Going Back for It.

Beyond the Twilight Zone: The Secretive Communities Flourishing Four Miles Beneath the Surface

A Cornell University Lab Just Developed a Bioacoustic Sensor Small Enough to Attach to a Deep-Sea Fish Without Disturbing Its Behavior