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New Guide Aims to Improve Public Climate Literacy -- A guide is now available to help individuals of all ages understand how climate influences them -- and how they influence climate. A product of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, it was compiled by an interagency group led by NOAA.

Atmospheric ‘Sunshade’ Could Reduce Solar Power Generation -- The concept of delaying global warming by adding particles into the upper atmosphere to cool the climate could unintentionally reduce peak electricity generated by large solar power plants by as much as one-fifth, according to a new NOAA study. The findings appear in this week’s issue of Environmental Science and Technology.

New Deep-Sea Coral Discovered on NOAA-Supported Mission -- Scientists identified seven new species of bamboo coral discovered on a NOAA-funded mission in the deep waters of the Papahãnaumokuãkea Marine National Monument. Six of these species may represent entirely new genera, a remarkable feat given the broad classification a genus represents. A genus is a major category in the classification of organisms, ranking above a species and below a family. Scientists expect to identify more new species as analysis of samples continues.

NOAA Science Advisory Board to Hear Recommendations on Climate Services -- Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, Mary Glackin will deliver remarks at the 34th Science Advisory Board (SAB) meeting to be held March 9-10 in Silver Spring, Md.

Maritime Shipping Makes Hefty Contribution to Harmful Air Pollution -- Globally, commercial ships emit almost half as much particulate matter pollutants into the air as the total amount released by the world’s cars, according to a new study led by NOAA and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ship pollutants affect local air quality and the health of people living along coastlines. The findings appear online this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research.

Lake Michigan Fish Populations Threatened by Decline of Tiny Creature -- The quick decline of a tiny shrimp-like species, known scientifically as Diporeia, is related to the aggressive population growth of non-native quagga mussels in the Great Lakes, say NOAA scientists. As invasive mussel numbers increase, food sources for Diporeia and many aquatic species have steadily and unilaterally declined.

Indonesian Delegation Visit NOAA Silver Spring Headquarters -- Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, assistant administrator, NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, and Dr. Widi Agoes Pratikto, secretary general, Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries, participated in a high-level bilateral discussion between NOAA and MMAF since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Marine and Fisheries Science, Technology and Applications in September of 2007.

NOAA Dives into Ocean in Google Earth -- Visitors to a new element of a popular online Earth exploration tool will discover an abundance of NOAA information and images during their journey. Google Earth today unveiled Ocean in Google Earth, a new way for online explorers to dive into the ocean’s depths. The launch of Ocean in Google Earth took place in San Francisco.
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New NOAA Great Lakes Laboratory Opens, New Acting Director Named -- A larger facility to focus on Great Lakes issues opened today following a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) in Pittsfield Township, Mich.

Research Meteorologist Wins First NOAA Science Communicator Award -- Keith Dixon, a NOAA scientist who demonstrates both skill and enthusiasm for communicating to the public about climate research and climate change, is the recipient of the first Dr. Daniel L. Albritton Outstanding Science Communicator Award.

NOAA’s GFDL Hurricane Forecast Model Achieves High Accuracy in 2008 Season -- NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) hurricane forecast model performed extremely well again in the 2008 hurricane season, which ended November 30.

NOAA Scientist to Receive Grande Medaille from French Academy -- For her scientific achievements, including pioneering research that helped explain the cause of the ozone hole, and her leadership as co-chair of Working Group 1 for the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report, NOAA Senior Scientist Susan Solomon will receive the Grande Medaille from the Institute of France’s Academy of Sciences.

New Study Details Ocean Acidification in the Caribbean -- A new study, which confirms significant ocean acidification across much of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, reports strong natural variations in ocean chemistry in some parts of the Caribbean that could affect the way reefs respond to future ocean acidification. Such short-term variability has often been underappreciated and may prove an important consideration when predicting the long-term impacts of ocean acidification to coral reefs.

Scientific Assessment Finds Expanding Use of Climate Forecasts Could Mean Better Water Management -- Expanding the use of seasonal to interannual climate forecasts, especially in drought-prone and semi-arid parts of the United States, can assist decision makers in the management of water resources, according to a new NOAA-led scientific assessment. The assessment is one in a series of synthesis and assessment reports coordinated by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program.

2008 Sees Fifth Largest Ozone Hole. -- The ozone hole over Antarctica, which fluctuates in response to temperature and sunlight, grew to the size of North America in a one-day maximum in September that was the fifth largest on record, since NOAA satellite records began in 1979.

NOAA has named a new director for one of the world’s premier climate modeling laboratories. -- Dr. Venkatachalam Ramaswamy of Lawrenceville, N.J., is the new Director of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in Princeton, N.J. GFDL develops earth system computer models as well as conducts climate research.

Annual Arctic Report Card Shows Stronger Effects of Warming -- Temperature increases, a near-record loss of summer sea ice, and a melting of surface ice in Greenland are among some of the evidence of continued warming in the Arctic, according to an annual review of conditions in the Arctic issued today by NOAA and its university, agency, and international partners.

Russian Ship Under Indian Charter Rescues Errant NOAA Mooring -- The Russian research vessel Akademic Boris Petrov, under charter with the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), recovered a drifting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) climate mooring in an emergency operation on September 12.

Award-Winning Technology Improves Air-Drop Targeting -- Wind-forecast software from NOAA, now being used in both Iraq and Afghanistan, has won a federal technology transfer award for four scientists at NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder. The software improves the target accuracy of an aircraft drop system up to 70 percent.

The Ocean Comes to the Mall -- The Sant Ocean Hall — opening September 27 at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History — combines marine specimens and models, high-definition video experiences, one-of-a kind exhibits, and the newest technology, enabling visitors to explore the ocean’s past, present, and future.

PMEL Director Dr. Eddie Bernard Earns Service to America Medal -- Dr. Eddie Bernard, Director of NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle has become the first NOAA scientist to be awarded a Service to America Medal (SAM) for his work in establishing an international tsunami detection and forecast system.

NOAA NSSL’s new mobile radar captures dual-pol data on Hurricane Ike -- The first dual-polarized Doppler radar data of a landfalling hurricane eyewall was collected as Hurricane Ike came ashore in Texas last weekend. The data was collected by a new mobile dual-polarized X-band radar (called NO-XP) built and operated by NOAA NSSL and the University of Oklahoma.

Department of Energy to Provide Supercomputing Time to Run NOAA’s Climate Change Models -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science will make available more than 10 million hours of computing time for the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to explore advanced climate change models at three of DOE’s national laboratories as part of a three-year memorandum of understanding on collaborative climate research signed today by the two agencies.

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Updated 4/23/2009

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