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The FY2023-FY2027 Strategic Science Plan has been released, outlining the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s goals and objectives for the coming five years.
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After two consecutive years (2019 and 2020) that ranked among the top three warmest on record, Earth was a slightly cooler planet in 2021. But not by much.
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The year 2021 was marked by extremes across the U.S., including exceptional warmth, devastating severe weather and the second-highest number of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters on record.
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Today, NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) signed an interagency memorandum in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious offshore wind energy goals to advance wind energy responsibly while protecting biodiversity and promoting cooperative ocean use.
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The joint resolution memorandum was developed with the assistance of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission recently reported that an endangered North Atlantic right whale, identified as "Snow Cone," was seen swimming beside a newborn calf despite being caught in fishing line for months, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) press release.
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Scientists at the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently ranked this past November as one of the warmest in almost two centuries, according to a NOAA press release.
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NOAA announced today it is initiating the process to consider designating the marine portions of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument as a national marine sanctuary.
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About half a million in funding for coral restoration projects, announced last week by the National Marine Fisheries Service, is in honor the late coral researcher Dr. Ruth Gates, according to a recent news release.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that several states recorded their hottest October on record.
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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and NOAA today announced $39.5 million in new grants from the National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) that will support coastal resilience projects in 28 states and U.S. territories.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is taking initial steps toward designating a new national marine sanctuary of the Central California coast.
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West Coast slammed by a powerful, record-setting storm and heavy rainsNovember 8, 2021October 2021 was an unusually balmy month for the contiguous U.S., as several states recorded their warmest October on record.Abundant Pacific moisture also dumped excessive rainfall over the western U.S.
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NOAA on Nov. 9 announced it is seeking public comment on the first steps toward designating a new national marine sanctuary in a 7,000 square mile area off the central California coast, adjacent to San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.
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NOAA’s Climate Program Office today launched a newly redesigned version of Climate.gov, NOAA’s award-winning, flagship website that provides the public with clear, timely, and science-based information about climate.
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A study released last summer that identifies global climate change as the main driver of increasing fire weather helps explain Northern California's Dixie wildfire, an award-winning environmental reporter said this week
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The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries recently launched a program to help address the nation’s climate crisis through offshore wind energy.