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Advisory Panel Calls for Large Increase for Ocean Exploration

by Randy Showstack 20 May 201618 October 2022

The recently established Ocean Exploration Advisory Board also urged the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to increase its role in federal coordination of exploration.

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Joint Polar Satellite System Algorithm Team Reviews Past, Future

by L. Zhou, M. Divakarla and T. Atkins 28 March 201623 January 2023

Center for Satellite Applications and Research Joint Polar Satellite System Annual Science Team Meeting; College Park, Maryland, 24–28 August 2015

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Navy Ship Mysteriously Lost in 1921 Found via Science, Sleuthing

by Randy Showstack 25 March 201614 January 2022

Scientists painstakingly compared a shipwreck spotted in 2009 to a 1904 schematic of a long-lost tugboat. A naval gun on the wreck proved to be the "smoking gun" identifying the vanished ship.

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NOAA's 2017 Budget Would Support Observational Infrastructure

by Randy Showstack 10 March 201610 January 2022

The Obama administration's budget request includes funding for an initiative to vastly boost the number of water-monitoring sites used to forecast floods, droughts, and other hydrological impacts.

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New Space Weather Forecast Technique Fails to Improve Forecasts

by Mark Zastrow 18 February 20167 July 2025

For years, scientists have proposed upgrading the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's solar storm forecasts to account for their tilt as they streak toward Earth. But does it help?

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Newly Passed Spending Bill Boosts Science Funding

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 18 December 20152 May 2023

The new spending bill that Congress passed today provides an increase in funding for NASA, USGS, NOAA, and more.

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Arctic Report Card Highlights Profound Regional Changes

by Randy Showstack 16 December 20152 May 2023

The annual assessment focuses on changes to sea ice, snow cover, temperature, and other indicators. Scientists say that changes in the Arctic also affect climate globally.

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This Winter's El Niño Might Only Dent Western U.S. Drought

Cody Sullivan by C. Sullivan 16 October 20152 May 2023

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its winter weather outlook, which predicts a warm and wet winter in California but not enough rain to eliminate the state's pernicious drought.

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NOAA Predicts Strong El Niño

by K. Klein 11 September 201510 May 2022

This winter could bring warmer temperatures to northern states and much-needed rain and snow to southern California and the Southwest.

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A Weather Eye on Coastal Winds

by F. M. Monaldo, C. R. Jackson, W. G. Pichel and X. Li 1 September 201514 January 2022

New satellite radar image-processing system provides wind speed maps with an unprecedented degree of precision. Such maps will help coastal communities prepare for wind-related hazards.

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