US scientists say coral reefs undergoing fourth global bleaching event

The world is currently experiencing a global coral bleaching event, according to NOAA scientists. This is the fourth global event on record and the second in the last 10 years.

Those scented products you love? NOAA study finds they can cause air pollution

Washington, Feb 16 (IBNS): Emissions from volatile chemical products like perfumes, paints and other scented consumer items now rival vehicles as a pollution source in greater Los Angeles, according to a surprising new NOAA-led study.

Long-term warming trend continued in 2017: NASA, NOAA

Washington, Jan 19 (JEN): Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2017 ranked as the second warmest since 1880, according to an analysis by NASA.

Flashy first images arrive from NOAA’s GOES-16 lightning mapper

Washington, Mar 7 (IBNS): Detecting and predicting lightning just got a lot easier. The first images from a new instrument onboard NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite are giving NOAA National Weather Service forecasters richer information about lightning that will help them alert the public to dangerous weather.

NOAA’s GOES-16 Satellite sends first images to Earth

Washington, Jan 24 (IBNS): GOES-16, the first spacecraft in NOAA’s next-generation of geostationary satellites, has sent the first high-resolution images from its Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument. Included among them are a composite color full-disk visible image of the Western Hemisphere captured on January 15, 2017. Created using several of the ABI’s 16 spectral channels, the full-disk image offers an example the satellite’s advanced technology.

NASA, NOAA Data show 2016 warmest year on record globally

Washington, Jan 19 (Just Earth News): Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

For 11th straight month, the globe was record warm: NOAA

Washington, Apr 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): At the risk of sounding like a broken record, March set another heat record for the globe. As Earth continues to warm and is influenced by phenomena such as El Niño, global temperature records are piling up, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has said.

NOAA's new deep space solar monitoring satellite launched

Washington, Feb 12 (IBNS) A new mission to monitor solar activity is now making its way to an orbit one million miles from Earth.