NOAA

New tools from NOAA and CDC show people their risk from heat, as another hot summer looms

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Federal officials on Monday unveiled a set of tools aimed at helping protect people in the United States from the dangers of ...

World’s coral reefs hit by a fourth mass bleaching event, NOAA says

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Extreme ocean heat is causing a mass bleaching event in coral reefs across the globe, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event, NOAA says

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

By Gloria Dickie and Alison Withers (Reuters) – Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world’s colorful coral ...

‘We are entering a new world’

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

For years, the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has categorized coral reefs at five levels of concern — from ...

See the moon’s shadow race across North America (video, photos)

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Satellites saw the moon’s shadow from space on Monday (April 8). The 2024 total solar eclipse was visible in parts of the ...

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces, according to ...

Polar vortex is ‘spinning backwards’ above Arctic after major reversal event

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The polar vortex circling the Arctic is swirling in the wrong direction after surprise warming in Earth’s atmosphere triggered a major reversal ...

Strange fish behavior sparks emergency government response

U.S.
Amanda Smith

The U.S. government is mounting an emergency response in an effort to save a unique and endangered fish found off the coast ...

365 days of satellite images show Earth’s seasons changing from space (video)

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, the recent chirping of birds and blooming of flowers are welcome signs that spring ...

Earth was just slammed with a “severe” geomagnetic storm

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The planet was just slammed with what government officials dubbed a severe geomagnetic storm, the second-highest level of NOAA’s rating system. The ...