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

Medicine & Technology 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.

How Can The Pacific and a ‘Warm Blob’ Be the Cause of California’s Drought?

Apr 14, 2015

For several years now it has appeared that the climate in the West has been drastically changing. Naysayers might say that the illusion of “climate change” is all in our heads, but for those who had to ration water this past summer in California, the concept of climate change is certainly no longer a joke. But the conversation may not be entirely full of gloom and doom. In fact, thanks to our beloved Pacific Ocean and that nice coastal breeze that we love so dear, we may just see cooler temperatures after all, but we’re not like to get more rain.

Why Southern Californians and Researchers Aren’t Too Thrilled About News of El Niño

Mar 08, 2015

It appears that while officials with the NOAA are declaring the event an El Niño class, this year’s events won't exactly be a repeat of the 1998 El Niño that many had hoped for.

El Niño Has Officially Arrived

Mar 07, 2015

El Niño has finally arrived according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Associations. The report by the NOAA was issued nearly a year after it was forecast that El Niño would occur sometime last year.

Humpback Whale Freed From Entanglement Along Hawaiian Coast

Feb 23, 2015

If you were in the area of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii last week and thought that you were fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of humpback whale, you were probably right. But the sighting wasn’t such as a rare sight, with the more than 25 ton mammal acting as a sitting duck along the Big Island’s Kona Coast.