Dr. Ashley Ward (Carolinas RISA) discussed the relationship between high heat days and preterm births in North Carolina.
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Hurricane Andrew made landfall near Homestead, Florida, on August 24, 1992. NOAA scientists recount the powerful hurricane and the progress in hurricane research over the last 30 years.
For 50 years, scientists at NOAA have been conducting research that helps us understand our planet and address its biggest challenges. From tracking carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere to ...
A geoengineering technique called marine cloud brightening could help clouds reflect more sunlight by injecting them with salt particles, thereby cooling the planet. But a new study finds the technique has to get everything exactly right to work, and may not work at all.
Many Americans have experienced some form of extreme weather in recent years. NOAA expertise enables everyone to have the knowledge and ability to be safer, healthier and proactively mitigate the worst impacts of extreme weather events.
At the edge of southern Louisiana sits Port Fourchon—the hub through which 20 percent of our nation’s oil and gas supplies are distributed to the rest of the country. The only road leading to and from this major port is the Louisiana-1 Highway. A drive down the LA-1 through a vulnerable but vibrant coastal landscape shows what is at stake if ‘America’s longest main street’ fails to stay above water.
Stony Brook University scientists have identified an influential force in the tropical stratosphere that could help better forecast storm tracks and their extreme impacts, like future winter "bomb …
A coral rescue near Miami Beach, progress in hurricane forecasting, and the first South Atlantic meridional overturning circulation cruise in three years count among the top stories of 2022.