2021 Arctic Report Card Released Climate change transforming Arctic into ‘dramatically different state’ On December 14, the 2021 Arctic Report Card was released at a virtual press conference hosted by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as part of its Fall Meeting. Now in its sixteenth year, the Arctic Report Card continues to show how rapid and pronounced warming […]
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NOAA & partners team with low-carbon sailing vessel for major deployment (NOAA.gov – read the full release) NOAA and partners have joined together to launch approximately 100 new Argo floats across the Atlantic ocean to collect data that supports ocean, weather and climate research and prediction. These will bolster the international Argo Program, which maintains a global array of about
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The international Argo Program has been recognized with a 2022 IEEE Corporate Innovation Award: “For innovation in large-scale autonomous observations in oceanography with global impacts in marine and climate science and technology.” The Argo Program was developed in 1999 and today supports a global array of about 3,800 robotic profiling floats that measure the temperature and salinity of the
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GOMO Releases New Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2021-2025 The Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing (GOMO) Program is pleased to share our Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025. This plan will prepare GOMO to improve global ocean knowledge, products, and capabilities that will enable NOAA to better address our responsibilities to the nation in areas of climate,
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Allies in Extreme Weather Prediction: NOAA’s long standing partnership with Indonesia In recent years, extreme weather events in the United States have become more common and intense, costing billions of dollars and hundreds of lives. These droughts, hurricanes, floods, severe storms, and more are not just affecting the US, they are global. Improving the accuracy of predictions
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Carbon emissions rebound to near pre-pandemic levels, according to 2021 Global Carbon Budget released at COP26 Global carbon emissions are projected to bounce back to 36.4 billion metric tons this year after an unprecedented drop caused by the response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the 2021 Global Carbon Budget, released November 4, 2021 by the Global
New Funded Projects in Support of Ocean Observations & Climate Science Fiscal Year 2021 On October 12, 2021, NOAA’s Climate Program Office announced a total of $171 million in funding awards to support 72 innovative and impactful projects that will improve our nation’s resilience at a critical time in the fight against the climate crisis. This is the highest five-year
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Join NOAA at the Predicted Ocean Laboratory this Sept. 15 Allies in Extreme Weather Prediction: NOAA’s long standing partnership with Indonesia On September 15, 2021, NOAA Research Assistant Administrator Craig McLean will co-host a worldwide, two-day event to bring together voices and ideas focused on predicting ocean conditions for the benefit of science and society.
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On August 9, 2021, representatives from NOAA and the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) of India signed an updated partnership agreement that marks more than 12 years of partnership between these nations in the name of ocean and atmospheric observations for improved weather and climate prediction. The virtual signing ceremony included a live demonstration of
New Release: 2021 Ocean Observing System Report Card The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Observations Coordination Group launched the new Ocean Observing System Report Card 2021 on July 15, 2021. The Report Card provides insight into the status of the global ocean observing system, assessing networks’ progress, focusing on the challenges needed to keep improving this system,
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