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Recent “Triple-Dip” La Niña upends current understanding of ENSO

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Repost of original story posted by NOAA Research on November 7, 2023. With the current El Niño in full force, researchers are still puzzling over the 2020–2023 La Niña that upended current understanding of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) dynamics. The three consecutive years of La Niña conditions – a rare “triple-dip” phenomenon – had widespread impacts […]

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Get ready for Halloween with NOAA ocean observing pumpkin stencils!

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Fall in love with science with NOAA pumpkin stencils! (Image Credit: NOAA Education/Kaleigh Ballantine) NOAA’s Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program wants to help you celebrate spooky season in style. Our new pumpkin carving templates highlight some of the ways NOAA measures the ocean and how ocean observations are used. Grab a pumpkin, check out

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New Education Resource: “Keeping An Eye On Earth’s Oceans With Argo Robots”

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GOMO-funded tech highlighted in Frontiers for Young Minds A new article was released in the Earth Sciences section of the journal Frontiers for Young Minds. “Keeping An Eye On Earth’s Oceans With Argo Robots,” describes the technology, applications, and developments of Argo floats, a major component of the Global Ocean Observing System, and provides a

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Latest Ocean Carbon Data Atlas Shows a Significant Decline in Ocean CO2 Measurements

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Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) Version 2023 Released Version 2023 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT), released on June 20, 2023, shows a dramatic decline in carbon dioxide (CO2) observing efforts in the world’s ocean. The number of CO2 measurements provided to SOCAT has decreased by almost half since 2017 due to a slow

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Meet the Women Advancing NOAA Hurricane Research and Forecasting

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How seven women across NOAA are leading advances in hurricane technology, observing, and forecasting Hurricanes, also known as tropical cyclones, are among the most destructive natural disasters. These storms pose major risks to coastal communities and cost billions of dollars each year in damages. Impacts are expected to increase with warming ocean temperatures, rising sea

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2023 Women in Sciences Leadership Workshop

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GOMO oversees the start, growth, and transfer of a successful leadership training program The Women in Sciences Leadership Workshop was held April 12-13, 2023 at the University of Arizona. The two-day workshop hosted 50 women from across different fields and sectors including government, academia, and industry, as well as career levels ranging from graduate students,

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Stratus Mooring Celebrates 22 Years of Observations, Provides Critical Data on El Niño-La Niña Conditions and Ocean Heat

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On February 28, 2023, a team of oceanographers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Upper Ocean Processes Group made the 21st replacement of the Stratus mooring. Since the mooring was initially deployed in October 2000, this achievement marks over 22 years of Stratus observations, making it one of the longest continuously occupied surface mooring

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Second Frontiers in Ocean Observing Supplement Published in Oceanography Magazine

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In March 2023, the second ocean observing supplement to Oceanography magazine was published. Frontiers in Ocean Observing: Emerging Technologies for Understanding and Managing a Changing Ocean describes new technologies and presents results of new research that can advance our understanding of the world ocean and its resources, and support sustainable ocean use and management. The

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