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Sargassum Algae Amid the Sargasso Sea
March 08, 2021 NOAA CoastWatch Atlantic OceanViewer, on March 3, 2021, captured imagery of massive amounts of Sargassum algae on the normally crystal…
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Earth from Orbit
Earth from Orbit: Superior Flow of Clouds
NOAA satellites monitored lake-effect clouds flowing over Lake Superior. Learn more about this phenomenon in this week's Earth from Orbit video.
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Satellite Snapshots
Large Iceberg Breaks Off from Antarctica
JPSS polar satellites watched a city-sized chunk of ice break off (calve) from the northern section of Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf
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Satellite Snapshots
Mt. Sinabung Spews Ash, Sulfur Dioxide
Japan’s Himawari-8 satellite saw a series of eruptions from Mt. Sinabung, in Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Announcement
In a First for NESDIS, JPSS Ground Program Moves its Data to the Cloud
One of the JPSS program’s system of ground stations is located in Norway’s remote Svalbard islands. Antennas at the station here collect data from sat
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Feature Story
NOAA is updating its Climate Normals. An expert explains why it matters.
Climatologists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) compile the nation's climate "normals" spanning 1991 to 2020.
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Satellite Snapshots
GOES East Watches Smoke Plumes across Southeastern U.S.
On Feb. 24, 2021, the GOES East satellite captured GeoColor imagery of grayish smoke plumes rising into the atmosphere across the southeastern U.S.
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Earth from Orbit
Earth from Orbit: Tracking Dust in the Wind
NOAA satellites monitored a large plume of dust from the Sahara Desert as it traveled off the west coast of North Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean.
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