The Latest Breaking News from NOAA

Humans have sailed the world’s oceans for thousands of years, but they haven’t all reached port. Researchers estimate that there are some three million shipwrecks worldwide, resting in shallow rivers and bays, coastal waters and the deep ocean. Many sank during catastrophes – some during storms or after running aground,…

A federal scientific agency says the lone remaining offshore wind project in New Jersey with preliminary approval is likely to “adversely affect” whales and other marine mammals, but not seriously harm or kill them

Summer heat this year posed an existential threat to the world's third-largest barrier reef.

A new agreement between multiple U.S. government agencies aims to improve space weather forecasts and the government's ability to mitigate the effects of solar storms on critical infrastructure.

On Dec. 14, a 2.8 magnitude X-class flare exploded from the sun, triggering radio blackouts on Earth and unleashing a CME that could also hit our planet in the next few days. It is the most powerful solar flare in more than six years.

This sizzling year shattered records related to heat, sea ice and more. And the future could get even hotter

The year 2023 shattered the record for the warmest summer in the Arctic, and people and ecosystems across the region felt the impact.

The whale was found on Sunday morning at around 9.30am off of Santa Rita Place near the border of Mission Beach and Pacific Beach

About half of US population likely to be impacted by severe weather system

NOAA has plans to add extra years to the lifespan of their fleet of older polar orbiting satellites by controlling them through using an Internet cloud-based system.

A monstrous dark patch, known as a coronal hole, recently appeared near the sun's equator. The temporary gap enables unusually fast solar wind to race toward Earth.