NOAA: June, April to June, and Year-to-Date Global Temperatures are Warmest on Record

Last month’s combined global land and ocean surface temperature made it the warmest June on record and the warmest on record averaged for any April-June and January-June periods, according to NOAA....

NOAA Selects Harris Corporation to Develop GOES-R Ground Segment Antenna System

NOAA has selected Harris Corporation in Melborne, Fla., to develop the antenna system that will support NOAA’s next generation geostationary satellite series, GOES-R. This new series of spacecraft, set to begin launching in 2015, is expected to double the clarity of today’s satellite imagery and provide at least 20 times more atmospheric obs...

NOAA Predicts Drought Conditions in Southwest U.S. to Worsen

NOAA’s National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center released its seasonal drought outlook today for the period from August through October. The outlook indicates already dry conditions across parts of Arizona and New Mexico are likely to worsen in coming months. The official outlook calls for current severe drought conditions to persist a...

NOAA, University of California San Diego Partner to Study Climate, Marine Ecosystems in New Cooperative Institute

NOAA announced today its selection of the University of California, San Diego to lead a new federal/academic research partnership, forming the Cooperative Institute on Marine Ecosystems and Climate to study climate change and coastal ecosystems....

NOAA Expands Fishing Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico

On July 12, NOAA expanded the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to include portions of the oil slick moving beyond the area’s current northwestern boundary, off the Louisiana federal-state waterline. This boundary was moved westward of Holly Beach, La., and is approximately 17 statute miles from the Louisiana-Texas border....