NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

There’s a chance that you’re seeing more green than usual today, like the 2022 Lake Erie harmful algal bloom pictured here. NOAA uses advanced technology to detect toxins found in blooms like this that are harmful to humans, animals and ecosystems.   See our feature story to find out  more ways NOAA’s research is making your life better — right now! https://lnkd.in/dbYuxxMK

Join us as we journey from the seafloor to the museum floor in our latest episode of the #PlanetNOAAPodcast! --Find out how NOAA scientists study marine specimens to better understand our ocean planet.  -- Get the inside scoop on how these specimens are collected, transported and preserved. 🔎 --Blast from the past: A NOAA employee makes a surprise discovery in a record store. 🎧 https://lnkd.in/e7v82KbB

In our latest episode of the #PlanetNOAAPodcast, we’re getting up-close with corals! 🎧🎙 Join us as NOAA coral expert Brian Beck shares fascinating facts about these biologically diverse, culturally significant and economically valuable ecosystems. PLUS: Learn how an early philosophical spat between Charles Darwin and Louis Agassiz kicked modern coral research into high gear: https://lnkd.in/eNpXWJAy

Annually on the 3rd Monday of January, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service — a day devoted to helping people and communities. Find out more at mlkday.gov. And did you know that many places where Dr. King made history are preserved in national parks throughout the country? To celebrate the life of Dr. King, the National Park Service is waiving all national park entrance fees today, January 20. Get the details: https://lnkd.in/dgzcjyQ Pictured: Visitors enter the Martin Luther King Birth Home at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park. Credit: National Park Service.  #MLKDay2025

As we kick off the new year, now is the perfect time to look back on how NOAA’s newest hurricane model advanced the accuracy of hurricane forecasts, and supported community preparedness actions during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Get the details: https://lnkd.in/e4b7Xfi4 Pictured: View from navigator's station aboard a NOAA hurricane hunter plane in the eye of Hurricane Milton. Taken approximately 10 a.m. on October 9, 2024. Lieutenant Commander Andrew Utama, NOAA Corps. (Image credit: NOAA plane in the eye of Milton. 10/9/24.)

JUST IN: 2024 was the nation’s — and the world’s — warmest year on record. GLOBALLY: Antarctic sea ice coverage was 2nd lowest on record. See the details in our year-end 2024 Global Climate Report: https://lnkd.in/eq8eur5U NATIONWIDE: 2024 was marked by an active hurricane season, and saw a near-record number of tornadoes. Find out more in our year-end 2024 U.S. Climate Report: https://lnkd.in/eqf-YA3p

It’s a dire time for the Arctic, but there is hope. NOAA just released its most recent Arctic Vision and Strategy, which sets a path forward for more resilient ecosystems and communities in the region. Get the details in our feature story: https://lnkd.in/ehvBPtHc Pictured: An iceberg in the waters of a fjord in Svalbard, Norway, during an expedition of the R/V Kinfish on July 7, 2022. (Image credit: Christopher Prentiss Michel, Artist-in-Residence, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine).

Join NOAA on Wednesday, January 15, 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT, for a virtual briefing on the 2024 Arctic Report Card. NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. will deliver opening remarks, followed by insights from report authors on the far-reaching impacts of climate change on the Arctic.

From solar flares to a satellite launch, emergency response to celebrating our home planet, here are some of our most popular images from NOAA Instagram in 2024: instagram.com/noaa/. Thank you for joining us, and be sure to check out other NOAA social media sites for more great content featuring science, service and stewardship: noaa.gov/stay-connected. Image 1: Sunset at the South Pole on March 20, 2024. Credit: Krystian Kopka/NOAA. Image 2: Characters from the movie Twisters marvel at the awesome power of violent tornadoes as they strike across Oklahoma in a promotional poster for the movie. Credit: Universal Studios, with permission. Image 3: Hurricane Helene approaches Florida September 26, 2024. Image 4: NOAA’s GOES-U satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Credit: NASA. Image 5: Venus flytrap anemone perched on a bamboo coral at Kingman Cone in the Pacific. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin. Image 6: The largest solar flare observed by NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) since 2017, taken January, 2024. Image 7: An aerial view of an Arctic melt pond in the Beaufort Sea, August 2009. From the photo collection of Dr. Pablo Clemente-Colon, U.S. National Ice Center, usicecenter.gov. Image 8: A doodled graphic of the Earth with the text “Every day is Earth Day” on it. The Earth is surrounded by drawings of nature including a desert, tropics, tundra, marine and deep sea environments, mountains, forests, rivers, and hills. Credit: NOAA Education/Kaleigh Ballantine. Image 9: March 28, 2024: View from NOAA King Air N68RF aircraft during a navigation survey following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The bridge and the MV Dali, the container ship which collided into it, are visible. (Image credit: Lt. Eric Fritzsche/NOAA Corps).

#ICYMI Calling all resilience practitioners and climate science, data and information users. NOAA is seeking nominations for its first-ever Climate Services Advisory Committee (CSAC). The CSAC will be made up of up to 20 non-federal members and will advise NOAA on the accessibility and effectiveness of NOAA's climate services – data, information, science, tools and decision support – in preparing our nation for the impacts of climate change. Nominations are due TODAY!