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American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making.
NGC 6278 and PGC 039620 are two galaxies from a sample of 1,600 that were searched for the presence of supermassive black holes. These images represent the results of a study that suggests that smaller galaxies do not contain supermassive…
Nearly a year after U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze U.S. development aid, USAID has permanently closed its offices in several African countries. Behind this move lies a huge collapse in climate financing, threatening dozens of ongoing environmental initiatives.…
Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents as they urged them to seek higher ground.
OAR Global Systems Laboratory Our History An artist’s rendition of a NOAA polar-orbiting satellite. These satellites circle the earth in a north-south orbit, passing close to both poles. (Image credit: Lockheed Martin) Download Image December 11, 2025 OAR Global Systems…
Historical Development of Fisheries Science and Management O. E. Sette, Director of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Laboratory in 1929, examining larval mackerel. (Image credit: NOAA) Download Image December 11, 2025 Historical Development of Fisheries Science and Management 0 Off
History of NOAA Fisheries in the Northeast First U.S. Fish Commissioner Spencer Baird (on shore, at right) and colleagues seining in Little Harbor, Woods Hole, circa 1875. (Image credit: NOAA Fisheries/NEFSC Historical Collection) Download Image December 11, 2025 History of…
NOAA Fisheries: Our History The original Woods Hole, MA lab building with renovations in 1875. A crate housing a piano is visible on the horse-drawn carriage at right. (Image credit: NOAA Fisheries, NEFSC Historical Collection) Download Image December 11, 2025…
New evidence shows that early neanderthals made fire 350 thousand years before we thought.