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There’s a lot going on at NCEI. Discover more about us and Earth’s climate, oceans, coasts, and geophysics in these featured news stories.
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Tiny lights connected by blue lines in the rough shape of a brain representing artificial intelligence.
September 6, 2022

NOAA Workshop Supports Uses of AI

The 4th NOAA Workshop on Leveraging AI in Environmental Sciences continues to support ways to use artificial intelligence to enhance science.

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Field of white and red wildflowers with mountains and blue sky in the background
September 1, 2022

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for August 30, 2022

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 38.2% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

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Shell of a beachside building nearly demolished by the 1992 Nicaraguan earthquake and tsumani.
September 1, 2022

On This Day: 1992 Nicaragua Tsunami

The first coordinated collaboration among international tsunami scientists emerged in the wake of the 1992 Nicaragua tsunami.

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Eleven flags of world countries stood up on poles in the snow tundra near the iconic candy-striped marker at the South Pole during sunrise in September 2021.
August 31, 2022

Reporting on the State of the Climate in 2021

We announce the release of the State of the Climate in 2021 report, an annual assessment of Earth’s climate system.

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Picture of kangaroo watching Australian bushfire
August 12, 2020
Updated August 30, 2022

Reporting on the State of the Climate in 2019

We’re announcing the release of the State of the Climate in 2019 report, an annual assessment of Earth’s climate system.

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Karen Flowers wearing a NOAA logo shirt standing on a dock in front of water and boats
August 29, 2022

Humans of NCEI: Karen Flowers

Get to know Karen Flowers, a Budget Analyst in the Finance and Acquisition Branch of the Support Services Division.

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Eight black and white images of the same pterapod shell in stages of dissolution.
August 26, 2022

Quantifying the Ocean Carbon Sink

The newest version of the Surface Ocean Carbon Atlas (SOCATv2022) database is now available via NCEI.

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Aerial view of fields woven between the streams and clouds overhead
August 25, 2022

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for August 23, 2022

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 39.3% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

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Aerial image of blocks of destroyed homes in Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), FL. Large amounts of debris are scattered across the area and trees are completely stripped.
August 24, 2022

Hurricane Andrew: A NOAA Scientist’s Retrospective

NCEI climate scientist Anthony Arguez recalls the harrowing experience of living through Hurricane Andrew and a path it opened for his life.

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Fence post reaching into a field of wildflowers, with dramatic cloudy sky and mountains in background
August 18, 2022

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for August 16, 2022

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 41.2% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

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