Things are heating up, there’s no doubt about that. In fact, according to statistics, 2015 was the warmest year ever on record! This from the New York Times, “It will take a few more years to know for certain, but the back-to-back records of 2014 and 2015 may have put the world back onto a […]
U.S., Cuba agree on efforts to improve maritime navigation safety
March 21, 2016 Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, and Col. Candido Alfredo Regalado Gomez, Chief of Cuba’s National Office of Hydrography and Geodesy (ONHG), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve maritime navigation safety and related areas of mutual interest to protect lives and property at […]
NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures in 2015
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2016 – Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
NOAA Map Update – Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?
Minnesota. Maine. Upstate New York. The Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Practically anywhere in Idaho. And of course, the Rockies or the Sierra Nevada Mountains. These are the places where weather history suggests you want to be if you’re looking for the best chance of a white Christmas.
NOAA Map Shares historic probability of a White Christmas
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Well, don’t get your hopes up too high. To help confirm your wishes NOAA developed this fun map last year showing the probability past on historical data of places having more than one inch of the white stuff on December 25
Ozone Hole Over Antarctica Reaches Annual Maximum
The 2015 Antarctic ozone hole area was larger and formed later than recent years, according to scientists from NOAA and NASA. On October 2, 2015, the ozone hole expanded to its peak of 28.2 million square kilometers (10.9 million square miles), an area larger than the continent of North America.
Mapping the First Day of Snow
An interesting effort from NOAA as they share a process for mapping the approximate first day of snow
NOAA online map update offers improved coastal observations and forecasts
Additional data, animation features added to popular coastal product
Tool and Study Plumb the Deep for Ocean Statutes and Preservation Laws
The ocean is home to many archaeological gems below its surface. Protecting these underwater cultural heritage sites—traces of human existence that have cultural or historic character—is no easy task.
NOAA’s Marine Debris Program funds 13 new community-based removal projects
Nearly $1.4 million in grants aims to improve coastal waters and habitats