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Death Valley May Have Hit Its Hottest Temperature in a Century

Death Valley May Have Hit Its Hottest Temperature in a Century

On Sunday, August 16, 2020 at 3:41 p.m. local time, the National Weather Service recorded a blistering temperature of 130…
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NOAA/NASA SUOMI NPP Satellite helps sea ice forecasters provide phenomenal weather products

NOAA/NASA SUOMI NPP Satellite helps sea ice forecasters provide phenomenal weather products

Alaskans are no stranger to dangerous jobs. Commercial fishing is continually ranked as the most dangerous job in America…
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6 Reasons Why NOAA’s GOES-R Satellite Matters

6 Reasons Why NOAA’s GOES-R Satellite Matters

NOAA’s GOES-R weather satellite will soon be launched into space— becoming our nation’s most advanced geostationary…
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Geostationary Satellites

Geostationary Satellites

GOES SERIES MISSION NOAA’s most sophisticated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), known as the GOES-R…
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Earth from Orbit: NOAA Satellites Celebrate Earth Day

Earth from Orbit: NOAA Satellites Celebrate Earth Day

Throughout history, humans have wondered what Earth looked like from above. The Mesopotamians believed the world was a flat…
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NOAA’s GOES-16 Satellite Sends First Images to Earth

NOAA’s GOES-16 Satellite Sends First Images to Earth

GOES-16, the first spacecraft in NOAA’s next-generation of geostationary satellites, has sent its first high-resolution…
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NOAA Shares First Infrared Imagery from GOES-17 Satellite

NOAA Shares First Infrared Imagery from GOES-17 Satellite

While experts continue addressing an issue with the cooling system of GOES-17’s Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), they have…
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Larsen C Ice Shelf Calves Large Iceberg

Larsen C Ice Shelf Calves Large Iceberg

As expected, the Larsen C ice shelf calved a large iceberg estimated to have a volume twice that of Lake Erie.