The Latest Breaking News from NOAA

Sizzling ocean temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific throughout July indicate there is a good chance El Niño conditions will remain strong for the next six months.

Agency urges readiness as record-breaking ocean temps, El Niño effects increase worse-than-average hurricane risk

Scientists stunned by unprecedented heat-stress event say they can only hope it ‘motivates and unites people’

The Atlantic hurricane season is now projected to have "above-normal level of activity" according to an updated forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The increased computing power will enable a significant upgrade to the ‘American’ forecast model

Federal forecasters are doubling chances of a nasty Atlantic hurricane season this summer and fall

The Biden administration is moving ahead with what could be the largest national marine sanctuary in the continental U.S. A Native American tribe is hoping to be partners in managing it.

Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive 2023’s extraordinary marine heat wave. They carefully scraped away harmful algae and predators impinging on staghorn fragments, under the supervision and training of interns…

The state of Illinois has recorded over 125 tornadoes as of August 1 far more than the state averaage this year.

Noaa and marine rescue groups work together in effort to preserve Florida’s reefs as rising water temperatures cause concern

Not only is the heat on the land driving up global average temperatures but also unusually warm conditions across the world's oceans.