The impacts of climate change — extreme heat, fires, floods, drought, sea-level rise — are increasing in frequency, intensity and cost. Earth Day is an opportunity to reflect on actions to reduce GHG ...

Under the Trump administration, NOAA has minimized an announcement that climate-warming carbon dioxide concentrations in the ...

For the first time, a new study finds climate change is now the primary driver of biodiversity loss in the United States. Researchers examined the five predominant threats facing 2,766 imperiled ...

TMC notes that the U.S. Congress passed the Deep Sea Hard Minerals Recovery Act (DSHMRA) in 1980, affirming that deep-seabed ...

Staffing at NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory was already reduced by more than one-third in 2025.

Climate-warming carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere grew at a record-breaking speed in 2024, surging by 3.7 parts ...

OAR would be “eliminated." Remaining programs, like severe storm and radar research, would be moved to the National Weather ...

Scientists are worried because they can’t fully explain the big jump, but they think it might mean that carbon absorption by forests, fields and wetlands is slowing down—a major problem for the world.

Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to ...

The aurora borealis has become more visible to more states in recent months, after activity on the sun’s surface peaked.

NOAA is packed full of people who love science and chase the many ways their curiosity about our world helps us know who we ...