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Opening commercial fishing within the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument increases opportunities for American fishermen and women to catch desirable species, such as yellowfin tuna pictured above. (Image credit: Courtesy of Jeff Muir)
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).
NOAA technicians launch a weather balloon carrying an ozoneonde, an instrument that measures the annual formation of the Antarctic Ozone Hole.
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NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson out at sea supporting a science mission in Alaska in 2022. (Image credit: Josh London/NOAA OMAO)
The win-win agreement includes a modernized water diversion that will provide more reliable water to irrigate local farms and effective fish passage around Daguerre Point Dam on the Yuba River, above. The existing diversion does not provide consistent flows and the dam's poorly functioning fish ladders make it difficult for salmon and other species to access higher-quality habitat. (Image credit: NOAA
A remotely operated underwater vehicle shines a light on an extensive field of ferromanganese nodules on the hard seafloor identified during Dive 17 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition. Credit: NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones: New England and Corner Rise Seamounts.
NOAA Hurricane Hunter “Miss Piggy,” a Lockheed WP-3D Orion, is shown in flight in January 2020. All three NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft are based at the agency’s aircraft operations center in Lakeland, Florida. (Image credit: NOAA)
An artist's rendering of NOAA's GOES-19 satellite in orbit.
Wildflower superbloom on April 22, 2023, in Carrizo Plain National Monument, California. Credit: Getty Images.
This map depicts where there is a greater than 50% chance of drought persistence, development or improvement based on short- and long-range statistical and dynamical forecasts from March 20 through June 30, 2025.
This map depicts the locations where there is a greater than 50% chance of moderate flooding during mid-March through mid-June, 2025.
This map depicts the most likely category (above-, near- or below-normal) for April-May-June 2025 seasonal mean temperatures. Orange/red (blue) colors correspond to favored above-normal (below-normal) temperatures respectively with the darker shades indicating higher likelihoods of that category. White areas labeled EC (Equal Chances) indicate that the odds are equal for each of the three categories.
A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice. (Image credit: NOAA)
Arnold Dones, the chief steward, or chef, aboard NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker, prepares a delicious meal for the ship’s crew and scientists. (Image credit: NOAA)