Girl Power in Greenland - Four Women ‘Winter Over’ in the Arctic:
Most people would think twice about leaving their house if the temperature was below zero degrees Fahrenheit. 

Glider measurements of the Solomon Sea - Towards monitoring of the equatorial-subtropical exchange:
Just as wind blowing on the ocean sets the water in motion to produce currents, the currents also feed back to modify the winds.

NOAA Researcher’s Warning Helps Save Lives:
A detailed map of Bangladesh, hand carried around the world four years ago, launched a chain of events that may have saved thousands of lives when Cyclone Sidr, a Category 4 storm, roared ashore from the Bay of Bengal near the border of India and Bangladesh on Thursday, Nov. 15.

Unwanted Medications – A Prescription for Troubled Waters:
We are a society that takes a lot of drugs – each year, the use of prescription medicine increases and new drugs come on the market.

Ocean Hall – NOAA adds salt water to grow a national legacy:
In 2004, the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy called for a new era, one that links people to the marine environment and builds national support for a healthy ocean.

The Pacific Gateway to the Arctic:
The Bering Strait, a narrow and shallow strait at the northern end of the Pacific, is the only ocean gateway between the Pacific and the Arctic.

Hot Commodity:
You may not think water clarity could be something to list as a home asset, but if you’re a Lake Erie shoreline property owner, you may want to think again.

NOAA 'Tall Tower' to Track Front Range Carbon Emissions and Air Quality:
A new sensor in what will be a broad nationwide network for tracking carbon is now monitoring the air over Colorado's Front Range.

From Seafloor “Live” to Scientists Ashore:
At the bottom of the Black Sea off Ukraine, in a sprawling warehouse in Largo Maryland, and in the waters of Puget Sound in Washington State, three subplots are now underway that will fold into a single story next year and change how NOAA explores the ocean.

Hurricane Research in NOAA, We don't make the forecasts.... we make the forecasts better:
Starting in mid-August, researchers from AOML will be in position and ready to test an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) in hurricanes that come within range of the launching site at Key West Naval Air Station.

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