Featured at NOAA Archives - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /category/featurednoaa/ Preparing the nation for change by studying the ocean, earth & atmosphere Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:39:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NOAA_logo_512x512-150x150.png Featured at NOAA Archives - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /category/featurednoaa/ 32 32 New NOAA system ushers in next generation of hurricane modeling, forecasting /new-noaa-system-ushers-next-generation-of-hurricane-modeling/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:22:31 +0000 /?p=95752 Originally published on noaa.gov on January 13th, 2025. Accurate forecasts and early warnings from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) — a division of NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) — are vital to safeguarding communities that are in the paths of hurricanes and tropical storms.  As we kick off the new year, now is the perfect time to look back […]

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]]> Argo, the ‘crown jewel’ of ocean observing systems, turns 25 /argo-the-crown-jewel-of-ocean-observing-systems-turns-25/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:20:44 +0000 /?p=95394 Originally published on noaa.gov on December 11, 2024. Somewhere in the middle of the ocean, a merchant mariner lowers a cylindrical robotic ocean observing instrument from a ship into the sea to record ocean temperature and salinity. Another instrument is deployed from a plane into the eye of a hurricane to take the pulse of […]

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]]> Join a research mission from home: Unveiling AOML’s virtual reality experience /join-a-research-mission-from-home-unveiling-aomls-virtual-reality-experience/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:48:51 +0000 /?p=94553 VR technology represents a new frontier in science communication, and NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) is using it to invite everyone on a research mission alongside their scientists. This virtual reality research experience is a project for Masters student Devon Ledbetter, who works as a science communication intern at AOML. Devon’s project aims […]

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]]> State of the Climate in 2023 Released /state-of-the-climate-in-2023-released/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:45:48 +0000 /?p=93807 Adapted from NOAA press release on August 22, 2024 Today, August 22, the 2023 State of the Climate report was released by the American Meteorological Society, showing Greenhouse gas concentrations, the global temperature across land and the ocean, global sea level and ocean heat content all reached record highs in 2023.  The international annual review […]

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]]> Atlantic Niña on the verge of developing. Here’s why we should pay attention /atlantic-nina-on-the-verge-of-developing-heres-why-we-should-pay-attention/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 19:22:53 +0000 /?p=93697 This article was originally published on climate.gov on August 14th, 2024. Written by: Franz Philip Tuchen If you’re a regular reader of Climate.gov’s ENSO blog, then you know that scientists have been carefully observing how the Pacific Ocean is changing from El Niño’s warmer-than-average conditions earlier this year to expected cooler-than-average La Niña conditions by late […]

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]]> Celebrating Women’s History Month /celebrating-womens-history-month/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:18:38 +0000 /?p=73527 Meet NOAA Corps Officer,  LTJG Anna Gaskill In honor of Women’s History Month, NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) spoke with our NOAA Corps Officer, LTJG Anna Gaskill, about her career at NOAA and her advice for women considering opportunities with the NOAA Corps. Anna currently serves as the AOML Operations Manager, primarily coordinating […]

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]]> From Mississippi to Australia: 3 Research Cruises Depart to Improve Understanding of the Atlantic and Southern Ocean /3-research-cruises-depart-to-improve-understanding-of-atlantic-and-southern-ocean/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 22:16:57 +0000 /?p=72633 Scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) are gearing up for a busy season at sea with three research cruises departing in the month of February. The A13.5 Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP) cruise, the I08S GO-SHIP cruise, and the Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) Northeast Extension cruise will all depart in February to collect samples from the surface to the depths of the ocean and improve our understanding of ocean circulation, carbon uptake, biological conditions, and climate variability. 

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]]> Department of Commerce Honor Awards 2024 /doc-awards-2024/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 18:21:18 +0000 /?p=72355 Congratulations to AOML’s 2024 Department of Commerce Medal winners! AOML is proud to recognize the achievements of our outstanding scientists for their vital contributions to better understand the Earth systems and protecting our nation.

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]]> Scientist Connects with 1,000 Students Worldwide Through Skype a Scientist Program /scientist-connects-with-1000-students-worldwide-through-skype-a-scientist-program/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 20:08:16 +0000 /?p=71635 Congratulations to Lev Looney, a University of Miami graduate student working at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), for surpassing his 1,000th student through the Skype a Scientist program! 

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]]> Fifth National Climate Assessment /fifth-national-climate-assessment/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 18:17:13 +0000 /?p=68557 The post Fifth National Climate Assessment appeared first on NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory.

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