National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAA Rejects Wespac’s Proposed Fishing Rule for Hawaii Marine National Monument

Photo: NOAA has rejected Wespac’s proposed rule to allow Native Hawaiian subsistence fishermen to recoup their cost of fishing in…

2 years ago

California Is Being Drenched By An “Atmospheric River”– What Are These Rivers In The Sky?

“Atmospheric rivers move with the weather and are present somewhere on Earth at any given time,” note NOAA. Sundry Photography/Shutterstock…

6 years ago

Three newspapers confront one challenge: Sea-level rise is real

In August, 2017, a woman walks along a flooded sidewalk along Alton Road near Michigan Avenue in Miami Beach. New…

6 years ago

Farmers drawing groundwater from Ogallala Aquifer faster than nature replaces it

Every summer the U.S. Central Plains go dry, leading farmers to tap into groundwater to irrigate sorghum, soy, cotton, wheat…

6 years ago

The State of Coral in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

October 3, 2017 — The NOAA research vessel Hiialakai returned Saturday from a 25-day trip to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands…

7 years ago