NOAA's National Weather Service taking action to build a 'Weather-ready' nation

NOAA is launching a comprehensive initiative to build a "Weather-ready" nation to make America safer by saving more lives and protecting livelihoods as communities across the country become increasingly vulnerable to severe weather events, such as tornado outbreaks, intense heat waves, flooding, active hurricane seasons, and solar storms that...

New 'smart buoy' launched near Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

Boaters and fishermen in the Chesapeake now have a new way to check conditions at the mouth of the Bay, thanks to a new NOAA “smart buoy” deployed today near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel near Virginia Beach, Va....

Global temperatures were seventh warmest on record for July

The globe experienced its seventh warmest July since record keeping began in 1880. July’s Arctic sea ice extent was the smallest on record for that month since records began in 1979....

NOAA, University of Hawaii, research Maui's World War II legacy

NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries' Maritime Heritage Program and the University of Hawaii's Marine Option Program have completed a survey of sunken World War II-era aircraft and shipwrecks along Maui's southern coast....

Heat wave leads to fourth warmest July on record for the U.S.

Persistent, scorching heat in the central and eastern regions of the United States shattered long-standing daily and monthly temperature records last month, making it the fourth warmest July on record nationally, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center....