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

Medicine & Technology 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.

Researchers Find How Acidified Oceans Have Become with Help of NASA and ESA Satellites

Feb 17, 2015

While many argue that the fight against greenhouse gases is long over, climatologists and ecologists continue to urge that the battle continues on. And while the culprits are all the same, the problems with these remnants of burning fossil fuels are taking on new problems. A topic of major research has developed from these changes and now researchers are quantify just how it will impact our world in the years to come.

Can You Fathom the Trash? New Study Reveals Eight Million Tons of Plastic Trash Reach the Oceans Each Year

Feb 13, 2015

If you were to guess the amount of tonnage of trash in the sea, we bet that you’d be off by a couple of millions. That’s right, millions with an “M”. You may think that you can estimate the trash based on what you see at the beach, but researchers say that the calculation is a bit more complex than what the average guesser might think.

NASA & NOAA Satellites Reveal Stunning View of Record-Breaking New England Winter Storm

Feb 09, 2015

As temperatures on the west coast of the United States start to inch closer to that of summer weather, the east coast continues to face winter storms for the record books. In a new image published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-East satellite just this morning, NOAA and NASA researchers who collaborate on the project reveal another large snowstorm, bringing several feet of snow to the New England territory.