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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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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 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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Heap of small ocean debris collected during a beach cleanup in Provincetown, MA.
August 17, 2022

Tracking Global Marine Microplastics

To address the need for easy access to global microplastic data, NCEI developed the NCEI Marine Microplastics Portal.

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Green mountains overlook the buildings of Quito, Ecuador.
August 12, 2022

Assessing the Global Climate in July 2022

The global land and ocean temperature departure from average for July 2022 was the sixth highest on record for the month of July.

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South Georgia Island, part of the territory which includes the South Sandwich Islands
August 12, 2022

On This Day: 2021 South Sandwich Islands Tsunami

The August 12, 2021, Sandwich Islands tsunami was the first since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that was recorded in four different oceans.

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Aerial view of San Antonio, TX skyline with storm clouds and a thunderstorm with heavy rain in the background.
August 8, 2022

Assessing the U.S. Climate in July 2022

During July, the average contiguous U.S. temperature was 76.4°F, 2.8°F above the 20th-century average.

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Braided streams of the Grewingk Glacier River in Alaska. Retreating glaciers carry large volumes of sediment, producing braided streams with multiple channels.
July 29, 2022

Sharing the Standard: CMECS In Action Web Map

The CMECS In Action map viewer is a discovery tool to show the different ways that the coastal and marine data standard has been used by others.

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Solar panels in the foreground with wind turbines in the background.
July 28, 2022

2022 Young Summer Scholars

Young scholars work with NCEI over the summer to partner on research projects that can be applied to real-world issues.

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Aerial view of a wildfire line moving through a forest with large clouds of smoke being emitted above the fire.
July 27, 2022

Billion-Dollar Disasters: Mapping Vulnerabilities with Census Tract-Level Data

New census tract-level mapping feature provides an integrated view of U.S. hazard risk, exposure, and vulnerability.

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