Cuts Of NOAA Target Incoming Polar Weather Satellites

Medicine & Technology May 15, 2017

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA is set to look for other options after the program received a budget cut from the omnibus bill for this fiscal year.

Mysterious Upsurge Of Humpback Whale Deaths Puzzles Scientists

Apr 29, 2017

Scientists are baffled by the increase of humpback whales that washed ashore on the U.S. Atlantic coast over the past year and a half.

Climate Change Increases River Flow Volume, More Floods & Droughts Elsewhere

Apr 27, 2017

Hotter temperatures means more water is evaporated to the sky. Once the atmosphere releases the heavy load it absorbed, a downpour will occur delivering more flood in a rush and back again. The rushing of water back to the sea will cause water fro the soil to evaporate keaving it parched and dry, drought is in the air.

President Trump Signs Monumental Weather Bill to Improve Weather Forecasting Capability of NOAA

Apr 25, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump signed commercial satellite weather bill last week, allowing the private sector to participate in improving weather forecast.

NOAA Successfully Tested Their GOES-S Satellite In Thermal Vacuum Chamber

Apr 18, 2017

NOAA's GOES-s has successfully passed the first phase of the extreme test in a thermal vacuum chamber. During the test, it has to go through four cycles of extreme temperature that most common in space.

NOAA Completes Longest Groundbreaking Journey With Its Largest Research Vessel

Apr 05, 2017

Robert H. Brown is an important research vessel of NOAA that completes the longest voyage and explores important information about El Nino and other climate factors.

NOAA Recorded 2017 Has The Second Warmest February Since 1880

Mar 20, 2017

NASA, NOAA, and Japan Meteorological Agency have confirmed that the average temperature of February was the Second Warmest since 1880. The average temperature was 1.76 degrees higher than the mean temperature of the 20th century.

NASA Awarded Atlas V Rocket To Launch The Next Weather Satellite: NOAA Budget Reportedly Under Threat

Mar 10, 2017

NASA has awarded the second flight series of the next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite to Atlas V.

NASA Captured The Effects Of Tropical Cyclone Enawo Causing Landfall In Madagascar

Mar 08, 2017

Tropical cyclone thunderstorm named Enawo hit at Madagascar on March 7. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured the image of Enawo and it was almost 290 kilometers per hour. According to the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale, the storm was equivalent to the Category-4 Hurricane.

NASA Captured Stunning Realtime Footages Of Lightning Strikes With NOAA GOES-16 Satellite

Mar 07, 2017

The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) captures breathtaking images to lightning strikes from miles above Western Hemisphere. GLM transmitted the weather data to NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite.

The Trump Administration Proposes Steep Budget Cut For NOAA, By 17 Percent

Mar 06, 2017

United States's largest climate science agency is suffering a budget deficiency. The Trump administration has recently announced that they will cut down the budget for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by 17 percent.

Walking Fishes: Sea Robin, Pink Frogmouth, Caught On Camera At The Ocean Floor

Mar 03, 2017

Anglerfish looks like a four-legged fish with an odd and sad face. Its fins serve as its legs which it uses to balance on the seabed.

How the Opah Managed To Hide Its Warm Blood In Ocean Depths

May 16, 2015

This week scientists discovered the first known warm-blooded fish; except that this fish was already well-known to humans. The comically appointed opah, a large silver and red fish that is large, circular, and flat, has been making appearances in fishing nets off the coast of west Africa and Hawaii for years.

Up From the Depths: The First Warm-Blooded Fish

May 15, 2015

In the cold waters off the California coast, researchers have discovered something no one ever knew existed: a warm-blooded fish. Not only can this large fish regulate its body temperature, but it does it through a truly unique mechanism.

How's the Carbon Stacking Up? NOAA Says CO2 Has Passed Its Mark

May 08, 2015

The latest human first has chilling consequences for our species, and all others: for the first time since scientists began tracking global carbon dioxide concentrations in our atmosphere, we have surpassed 400 parts per million worldwide.