NOAA: Second Warmest July and Warmest Year-to-Date Global Temperature on Record

The combined global land and ocean surface temperature made this July the second warmest on record, behind 1998, and the warmest averaged January-July on record. The global average land surface temperature for July and January–July was warmest on record. The global ocean surface temperature for July was the fifth warmest, and for January–July 2010...

NOAA Scientists Uncover Oscillating Patterns in Clouds

A new NOAA study has found that rain clouds form synchronous patterns in which individual clouds in a large cloud field respond to signals from other clouds, much like chirping crickets or flashing fireflies on a summer night. The study, published online today in the journal Nature also has significant implications for our understanding of climate...

NOAA Reopens More Than 5,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area

Tuesday NOAA reopened 5,144 square miles of Gulf waters to commercial and recreational finfish fishing. The reopening was announced after consultation with FDA and under a reopening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the FDA, and the Gulf states....

NOAA Awards Grant to Investigate Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on Hypoxia in Green Bay, Lake Michigan

Scientists researching the causes and effects of hypoxia in Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan, Wisc., have been awarded $348,037 for the first year of an anticipated four-year $1,367,300 project through NOAA’s Coastal Hypoxia Research Program. Hypoxia within Green Bay has been a problem for decades, and recent evidence suggests that it may be w...

NOAA: July Hotter and Wetter than Normal in U.S.

The July 2010 average temperature for the contiguous United States was 75.5 degrees F, or 1.3 degrees F, (17th warmest) above the 1901-2000 long-term average, according to the latest NOAA State of the Climate report....