As one of the federal government’s premier science agencies, NOAA is using social media tools to share critical information and provide the public a better understanding of the work we do on behalf of oceans, coasts, fisheries, climate, atmosphere and weather sciences.

NOAA social media promotes conversation around important issues and ultimately helps shape NOAA’s mission of science, service and stewardship.

Connect with us online! Visit our social media sites below to engage with NOAA's science, mission areas and people.

Please note: Some links below will lead to non-governmental websites visit the site disclaimer to see how these links are handled.

Facebook

Facebook lets users follow people and organizations they "Like" and with whom they share brief updates, photos, links or other information. NOAA’s Facebook pages offer users a place to follow important updates, find cool science stories and join the conversation around important issues. 

• NOAA
• NOAA Climate.Gov
• NOAA Education
  • NOAA Higher Education
• NOAA Fisheries
• NOAA Libraries (NOAA Central Library) 
• NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
• NOAA National Ocean Service
  • ​NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries
• NOAA National Weather Service
  • NWS National Hurricane Center
  • NWS Ocean Prediction Center
  • NWS Storm Prediction Center
• NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
• NOAA Research
  • Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
• NOAA Satellites & Information Service

flickr

A popular online photo-sharing site where you can access and download NOAA photos and graphics, and contribute your own photos to group feeds. 

• NOAA Fisheries 
• NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries
• NOAA National Ocean Service
• NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (includes NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer mission photos)
• NOAA Photo Library
• NOAA Satellites & Information Service 

Instagram
Instagram is a fast, beautiful and fun way to view NOAA's most compelling photos and images. 

• NOAA Headquarters
• NOAA Education
• NOAA Fisheries 
• NOAA Corps
• NOAA National Ocean Service
  • NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries
• NOAA National Weather Service
• NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
  • ​ NOAA Aircraft Operations Center and the NOAA Hurricane Hunters
• NOAA Satellites & Information Service

Periscope
Periscope provides users an up close and personal view of the NOAA world through live video.

• NOAA National Hurricane Center  offsite link

Reddit
Reddit is an online community where users vote on content and conduct Ask Me Anything online chats on a variety of topics including science. 

• NOAA Headquarters 

Tumblr

Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking website that allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog.

• NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries

Twitter 

Twitter is a "microblogging" service that allows users subscribe to receive brief updates in the form of "tweets " (a maximum of 140 characters) from people and organizations they choose to follow. NOAA tweets include various announcements, feature stories, science facts, images, and links to content on NOAA.gov. 

• NOAA Headquarters
  • NOAA Communications 
  • NOAA Live: Events including TweetChats 
• Climate.Gov
• National Centers for Environmental Information – Climate 
• National Centers for Environmental Information – Ocean & Geophysics
• NOAA Education
• NOAA Fisheries
• NOAA National Ocean Service
  • National Marine Sanctuaries 
• NOAA National Weather Service 
  • National Hurricane Center (Atlantic) 
  • National Hurricane Center (Pacific) 
• NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
• NOAA Research
• NOAA Satellites & Information Service 

YouTube

YouTube lets users watch and post videos to share with others. NOAA's YouTube Channel offers quick access to videos on a variety of environmental and scientific topics. 

• NOAA 
• NOAA Climate.gov
• NOAA Fisheries
• NOAA National Ocean Service
  • NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries​
• NOAA National Weather Service - YouTube Channel
  • NOAA Weather Partners
• NOAA Satellites & Information Service 
  • NOAA Satellites & Information Service : Environmental Visualization Laboratory

About social media and government

Social media broadly describes online tools for sharing information — Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and others — that rely on social interaction between Web users. This mode of dissemination, based on real-time simple online publishing techniques, depends as much on the audience as it does the publisher. Social media provides a platform from which content transforms into community.

At a time in our history when people refer to be part of the national conversation, the federal government is using social media to share information and interact with its citizens as a way to support a more open and transparent democracy. Learn more about how your government is using social media to serve you better. To access the Department of Commerce Social Media Policy, visit: http://www.osec.doc.gov/webresources/socialmedia/.

Updated September, 2016.