One of NOAA’s most critical roles is to observe the oceans, which are currently undergoing a period of rapid and largely ...

In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer ...

Scientists abroad who work with NOAA are sounding the alarm about the cuts and firings. Jean-Pierre Gattuso, an oceanographer ...

Concerns have been brewing in recent days as word of large-scale layoffs at NOAA and its sister branch the National Weather ...

After a period of persistent La Niña conditions, the equatorial Pacific Ocean is showing strong signs of a shift toward the ...

Recent ocean conditions and a strong El Niño weather pattern in the Pacific in 2024 indicate that Chinook salmon returns to ...

Surging tropical activity in the South Pacific Ocean produced a relatively rare ... according to a CNN analysis of NOAA’s historical tropical data. Tropical cyclone is the catch-all term for ...

As a result, a shortwave radio blackout event occurred across parts of the Pacific Ocean from the elevated ... Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Space Weather Prediction Center ...

One of Heather Welch’s jobs — before she was fired via an email giving her just 90 minutes to pack up and leave — was to prevent collisions between the ships and whales navigating the water ...

“California Current” refers to a cold water Pacific Ocean current that moves south from Canada to northern Mexico. Rachel Hager, a spokeswoman for NOAA Fisheries, said that recent ocean ...