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NOAA seeks information to support improvements to vessel speed regulations NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced an advance notice of proposed rulemaking requesting information that could help modernize regulations designed to reduce the risk of lethal ves...

NOAA seeks information to support improvements to vessel speed regulations

Public encouraged to submit comments:

www.noaa.gov/news-release...

#RightWhales

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NOAA satellites helped rescue 300 people in 2025 From an injured skier in the Rockies to a disabled catamaran in the Atlantic Ocean, NOAA’s satellites were pivotal in helping rescue 300 people from life-threatening situations in the U.S. and its sur...

Just in: NOAA satellites helped rescue 300 people in 2025

See how: noaa.gov/news-release...

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#SARSAT

Media advisory: NOAA, Northrop Grumman to release new high-definition sonar images of USS Monitor shipwreck Reporters invited to briefing

NOAA, Northrop Grumman to release new high-definition sonar images of USS Monitor shipwreck

Reporters invited to March 7 briefing: www.noaa.gov/media-adviso...

via NOAA.gov Office of National Marine Sanctuaries #USSMonitor #Shipwreck

New atlas identifies potential opportunities for aquaculture in Gulf of Alaska Publication will strengthen nation’s seafood industry

New atlas identifies potential opportunities for #aquaculture in Gulf of #Alaska

Publication will strengthen nation’s seafood industry

News release: noaa.gov/news-release...

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NOAA installs new PORTS® in Boston Harbor New navigational system will improve safety in one of nation’s busiest ports

NOAA installs new PORTS® in #BostonHarbor

New navigational system will improve safety in one of nation’s busiest ports

News release: noaa.gov/news-release...

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Media availability: NOAA incident meteorologists train for wildfire season Continuity of Excellence Exercise strengthens forecasters skills, readiness to keep fire crews safe

Media availability: NOAA NWS incident meteorologists train for #wildfire season

Continuity of Excellence Exercise strengthens forecasters skills, readiness to keep fire crews safe

Details: www.noaa.gov/media-adviso...

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NOAA leaps forward on collaborative approach for red snapper NOAA Fisheries announced today a major collaborative step toward boosting red snapper recreational fishing opportunities in the South Atlantic. The agency invites public comments on applications for E...

NOAA leaps forward on collaborative approach for #RedSnapper

News release: noaa.gov/news-release...

via fisheries.noaa.gov / noaa.gov

Massive Crack in Ice Forms on Lake Erie | CIRA Satellite Library

Maybe the ice really IS all it’s cracked up to be on #LakeErie! 🧊

NOAA's #GOESEast (#GOES19) satellite captured a massive fracture forming in the lake ice on 2/8/26. It was approximately 80 miles long...

WATCH: satlib.cira.colostate.edu/weather_medi...

via NOAA NESDIS/CIRA

NOAA to map critical mineral deposits in deep waters off American Samoa NOAA’s National Ocean Service announced today a new hydrographic survey project to map and characterize more than 30,000 square nautical miles of federal waters off American Samoa. This project is par...

NOAA to map critical mineral deposits in deep waters off American Samoa

Our news release: www.noaa.gov/news-release...

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NOAA accelerates permitting timeline for deep seabed mining applications Final rule will streamline the exploration license, commercial recovery permitting process

NOAA accelerates permitting timeline for deep seabed mining applications

Final rule will streamline the exploration license, commercial recovery permitting process

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Assessing the Global Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in 2025 2025 ranked as the third-warmest year in NOAA’s 176-year record, with a global surface temperature 2.11°F (1.17°C) higher than the 20th-century baseline.

NOAA's 2025 annual *global* temperature and precipitation analysis & ranking is out this morning from scientists at NCEI.

2025 ranked as 3rd-warmest year for the globe on NOAA's record.

--> Access findings and map images at: www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-...

Assessing the U.S. Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in 2025 Annual temperatures across the contiguous U.S. (CONUS) averaged 54.6°F in 2025, which was 2.6°F above the 20th-century average and ranked as the fourth-warmest year in the 131-year record.

Just in: NOAA's 2025 U.S. temperature and precipitation analysis is out today.

2025 ranked as the-4th warmest year on record for U.S.

--> Drill down into the findings at: ncei.noaa.gov/news/nationa...

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U.S. secures major win for bluefin tuna fishery at 2025 ICCAT annual meeting The United States delegation to the 2025 annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in Seville, Spain, secured the largest single-year increase in U....

U.S. secures major win for #bluefin #tuna fishery at 2025 #ICCAT annual meeting

News release: noaa.gov/news-release...

via NOAA Fisheries, noaafisheries.noaa.gov

NOAA deploys new generation of AI-driven global weather models NOAA has launched a groundbreaking new suite of operational, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven global weather prediction models, marking a significant advancement in forecast speed, efficiency, and ...

NOAA is deploying a new generation of AI-driven global weather models

See our news release: noaa.gov/news-release...

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#weather #AI

Today, the 2025 #ArcticReportCard was released, marking 20 years of tracking rapid Arctic warming and change.

Find the full 2025 Arctic Report Card, with images, facts and stats at:

arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...

#AGU25
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AGU Meeting Attendees: Welcome to #AGU25!

Check out our presentations
@theAGU and come chat with NOAA scientists at *Booth # 1245* in the Exhibit Hall!

agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...

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Assessing the Global Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in November 2025 November 2025 ranked as the third-warmest November in NOAA’s 176-year record, with a global surface temperature 2.12°F (1.18°C) higher than the 20th-century baseline.

Our Global Monthly Temperature & Precipitation Report is out again, this time for #November:

bit.ly/Global202511

via NOAA's NCEI

Media invited: NOAA and partners to announce findings from 2025 Arctic Report Card Report Card marks 20 years of providing timely observations of a changing Arctic

Reporters: NOAA and partners to announce findings from 2025 Arctic Report Card December 16

Report Card marks 20 years of providing timely observations of a changing Arctic

Details: www.noaa.gov/media-adviso...

noaa.gov #ArcticReportCard

Assessing the U.S. Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in November 2025 The average temperature of the contiguous U.S. in November was 46.8°F, 5.1°F above the 20th-century average, ranking as the fourth-warmest November in the 131-year record.

Our Monthly U.S. Temp and Precipitation report is out, this time for #November 2025:

Find it at: ncei.noaa.gov/news/nationa...

via NOAA NCEI

NOAA holds keel-laying ceremony for 2nd new charting and mapping vessel NOAA leadership was joined by partners today to celebrate the keel-laying for Navigator, a new charting and mapping vessel being constructed for NOAA. The vessel is being built by Thoma-Sea Marine Con...

NOAA holds keel-laying ceremony for 2nd new charting and mapping vessel

News release with photos: noaa.gov/news-release...

via noaa.gov Office of Marine and Aviation Operations

NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite captured Hurricanes Imelda (left) and Humberto (right) churning off the U.S. east coast on Sept. 30, 2025 (Credit: NOAA).

The Atlantic basin saw 13 named storms in 2024, with four reaching major hurricane status. They were: Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dexter, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Imelda, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo and Melissa. Tropical cyclone names are selected by the World Meteorological Organization. (Image credit: NOAA)

View/download our 2025 Atlantic #HurricaneSeason satellite video + images at:

noaa.gov/news-release...

@nws.noaa.gov
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Reporters, JUST IN: 2025 Atlantic #HurricaneSeason concludes with 13 total named storms, 5 hurricanes, 4 of which reached major hurricane status.

The Atlantic 2025 #HurricaneSeason was marked by high-powered storms, no U.S. landfalling hurricanes.

Details: noaa.gov/news-release...

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NOAA technicians launch a weather balloon carrying an ozoneonde, an instrument that measures the annual formation of the Antarctic Ozone Hole.

This illustration shows the size and shape of the ozone hole over the South Pole on the day of its 2025 maximum extent (coverage).

Scientists with NOAA and NASA have ranked this year’s ozone hole over the Antarctic as the fifth smallest since 1992 — the year that the Montreal Protocol, a landmark international agreement to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals began to take effect.

noaa.gov/news-release...

NOAA-led ocean mapping expedition in Cook Islands hailed as a resounding success Exploration Vessel Nautilus, operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust, successfully completed a groundbreaking three-week mission in October to map and explore the Cook Islands’ Exclusive Economic Zone...

NOAA-led ocean mapping expedition in Cook Islands hailed as a resounding success

News release: noaa.gov/news-release...

via NOAA.gov Research, NOAA Ocean Exploration & NautilusLive.org #CookIslands

NOAA to hold keel-laying ceremony for 2nd new charting and mapping vessel NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations will celebrate the keel-laying for Navigator, the second of two new charting and mapping vessels being constructed for NOAA. The vessel is being built by Thoma-Sea ...

Reporters: NOAA to hold keel-laying ceremony for 2nd new charting and mapping vessel December 4

Details: www.noaa.gov/media-adviso...

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Administration revises Endangered Species Act regulations to strengthen certainty, reduce burdens and uphold law NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service and the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced four proposed rules to restore Endangered Species Act regulations to their ...

Administration revises Endangered Species Act regulations to strengthen certainty, reduce burdens and uphold law

News release: www.noaa.gov/news-release...

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NOAA’s SWFO-L1 observatory heads to orbit for groundbreaking mission New satellite will advance space weather forecasting

Just in: NOAA's SWFO-L1 observatory heads to orbit for groundbreaking mission

New #satellite will advance space weather forecasting

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#SWFOL1 #SpaceWeather

Aquaculture Opportunity Areas bolster America-first seafood production Areas identified in Gulf of America and off California coast will drive American jobs, sustainable seafood farming

Aquaculture Opportunity Areas bolster America-first seafood production

Areas identified in Gulf of America and off California coast will drive American jobs, sustainable seafood farming

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NOAA and Fugro partner to accelerate deep ocean mapping, characterization NOAA Ocean Exploration and Fugro offsite link have signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to develop and use uncrewed systems for ocean exploration to enhance the efficiency, ...

NOAA and Fugro partner to accelerate deep ocean mapping, characterization

News release: noaa.gov/news-release...

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#OceanResearch #OceanMapping