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NOAA News Feed
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NOAA presented to the U.S. Coast Guard today a new report that finds that 36 sunken vessels scattered across the U.S. seafloor could pose an oil pollution threat to the nation’s coastal marine resources.
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As recreational boaters gear up for a summer of fun on coastal waters and the Great Lakes, NOAA is testing MyNOAACharts, a new mobile application that allows users to download NOAA nautical charts and editions of the U.S. Coast Pilot.
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After a thoughtful and deliberate review, today NOAA released a report on the National Weather Service’s performance during hurricane/post tropical cyclone Sandy. The report, Hurricane/Post Tropical Cyclone Sandy Service Assessment, reaffirms that the National Weather Service provided accurate forecasts for Sandy, giving people early awareness of the significant storm churning toward the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
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The first of six instruments that will fly on GOES-R, NOAA’s next-generation of geostationary operational environmental satellites, has been completed seven months before its scheduled installation onto the spacecraft.
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NOAA is using data from a new current meter in New York harbor, operated by one of its academic partners, New Jersey’s Stevens Institute of Technology, to provide enhanced real-time information to mariners travelling through the nation’s second busiest port.
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This week, the National Weather Service completed the dual-polarization technology update in Brownsville, Texas – concluding the 122 NWS radar site upgrades throughout the country. This new advanced technology is helping federal weather forecasters more accurately track, assess and warn the public of approaching high-impact weather.
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For scientists studying summer sea ice in the Arctic, it’s not a question of “if” there will be nearly ice-free summers, but “when.” And two scientists say that “when” is sooner than many thought — before 2050 and possibly within the next decade or two.
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Sandy has been retired from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone names by the World Meteorological Organization’s hurricane committee because of the extreme impacts it caused from Jamaica and Cuba to the Mid-Atlantic United States in October 2012.
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While the economy has shown signs of recovery over the past year, continued fiscal uncertainty and tight budgets mean that government agencies, like so many families and businesses across the country, still face tough choices. At NOAA, we’re working to fulfill our core mission of science, service and stewardship and balance investments in current and future programs and services.
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After nearly 11 years of helping the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predict weather and climate patterns and save lives in search and rescue operations, NOAA announced today it has turned off the NOAA-17 Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES). It was one of NOAA's longest operating spacecraft, which have a typical lifespan of three years.
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A car that gets better mileage or a more tightly sealed home may tempt you to drive farther or crank the air conditioning up higher, but fears of these efficiency rebounds are largely overblown, at least in the United States, according to experts.
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While North America, China and Western Europe remain the world's largest producers of wind energy, the sector is seeing its fastest growth in emerging markets, including Eastern European countries like Romania, Poland and Ukraine, and in two of Latin America's economic powerhouses: Argentina and Brazil.
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A freedom of information request from the environmental organization Friends of the Earth revealed that the U.K. government reduced the number of officials dealing with climate change from 38 to six.
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The federal government needs to update existing laws to protect Alaska Native communities from melting permafrost, powerful storms and ultimately destruction because of climate change, according to a new study.
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The leading U.S. solar industry trade group expressed optimism late yesterday that a reported deal between the Obama administration, European leaders and the Chinese government could bring an end to an increasingly heated trade war between solar panel manufacturers in China and much of the rest of the world.
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How are local communities successfully attracting investments in the clean energy sector? During today's OnPoint, Nicole Stika, senior director of energy services at the Council of Smaller Enterprises in Cleveland, discusses a new report produced by Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy showing local Chambers of Commerce are driving economic development around clean energy. Stika explains how these local success stories can help shape national energy policy. Today's OnPoint will air at 10 a.m. EDT.
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Energy was at the core of a series of agreements between the United States and Myanmar yesterday as President Thein Sein became the first leader of the country to visit the White House in 47 years.
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While visiting London, climate scientist James Hansen continued his efforts against the exploitation of Alberta's oil sands, saying that "oil from tar sands makes sense only for a small number of people who are making a lot of money from that product."
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Extreme global warming might not come as soon as previously thought after a slowdown in the pace of temperature rise, scientists said.
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Hope for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's carbon emissions is fading as a fall deadline approaches.
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