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2012 on track to be hottest year on record

NOAA climate expert Deke Arndt explains why

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NOAA's NGS launches online Response Imagery Viewer

Sandy's wrath, from the air

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U.S. Drought Update

Severe conditions continue in the Great Plains and West

• Acting Secretary of Commerce declares disaster for NJ & NY fishery
  Responding to the devastation from Sandy, the Commerce Department today announced a fishery failure for New Jersey and New York. Although the full extent of the damage is not yet known, this action opens the door for Commerce to work with Congress, the states, and affected communities to minimize the negative economic and social impacts to commercial and recreational fisheries.
• Global temperatures were fifth highest on record for October
  According to NOAA scientists, the globally-averaged temperature for October 2012 was the fifth warmest October since recordkeeping began in 1880. It marked the 36th consecutive October and 332nd consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average. See the summary and full report for more. (full report, summary)

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• New data prompts NOAA Fisheries to withdraw proposed rule to require turtle excluder devices in certain shrimp trawls
• NOAA Fisheries begins ESA status review on Puget Sound killer whales
• Cmdr. Ricardo Ramos assumes command of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
• NOAA, University of New Hampshire fund projects to investigate effects of chemical dispersants in oil spills
• Weather data from nation’s largest wind farms could improve U.S. models, forecasts
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