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US government report shows Arctic melting at rates unprecedented in modern era

Dec 16, 2017

A new report by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that Arctic permafrost is thawing at a faster rate than at any time in the last 1,500 years. Despite slightly lower levels of warming...

NOAA scientists find elusive pocket shark in Louisiana freezer

Cody Gash

Apr 25, 2015

Innovation

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Scientists have discovered an elusive pocket size shark only for the second time in the history. The information has been revealed by a team of researchers guid...

NASA, EPA, and NOAA to create forecasting system for Toxic Algae blooms in freshwater

Cody Gash

Apr 9, 2015

Health

NASA, the US space agency has recently announced that it will work alongside Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as well as the U.S. Geological Survey in order to cr...

NOAA study finds seafloor volcanic eruptions can alter long-term climate of earth

Cody Gash

Feb 8, 2015

Innovation

A new research study found that seafloor volcanoes play an integral role in climate variations. The study, led by Maya Tolstoy of Columbia University's Earth Institute, is published in Geophysical Research Lett...

Weather experts dispute claims that 2014 is hottest year on record

Charles Omedo

Jan 19, 2015

Innovation

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are known authorities in weather analysis, and they have stated that 2014 was the ho...

Temperatures in the Arctic rising twice as fast as the rest of the world, says the Arctic Report Card

NOAA Arctic report says Arctic region heating twice as fast as the rest of the world

Amanda

Dec 17, 2014

Innovation

Scientists have raised concern over the Arctic getting warmer faster than the rest of the world and fear that it will have far greater repercussions than the temperatures rising elsewhere. It is being estimated...

NOAA says 2014 might achieve record of being the warmest year globally in history

Charles Omedo

Nov 22, 2014

Innovation

Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have agreed that this year 2014 might be the warmest year in record since 1880 – and this is after combined land and sea temperatures reach reco...

NOAA says Earth’s Temperature increasing at alarming rate, 2014 is the hottest year of all time

Amanda

Nov 20, 2014

Innovation

Meteorologists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say the unusually high temperatures in the month of October have set new heat records, and it might just be the hottest October on re...

NOAA researchers find west coast temperature increase caused by Natural reasons, not by Humans

Amanda

Sep 23, 2014

Innovation

Latest studies carried out by a team of researchers at the University of Washington, and at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have proved that the warming of land and the sea along the ...

Ocean acidification could mean trouble for Alaska

Platonium

Jul 29, 2014

Innovation

A new study led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has found that ocean acidification is wiping out the Alaskan king crab. In turn, this could lead to problems for Alaskan fisheries a...

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