Since October 1978, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has operated its fleet of Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) — the data from which has b… ...

An assortment of NOAA-funded snow and ice data products — considered crucial by many scientists for polar research — are at risk of breaking, degrading or going dark as the Trump ...

In December 2024, NOAA suggested that there was a 55 percent change the winter of 2024-2024 would have a strong polar vortex and no breakdown. As we can see, things turned out a little differently.

This handout photo shows a polar bear that was shot by the police after being considered a threat to people nearby, authorities said, in Westfjords, Iceland, Thursday Sept. 19, 2024.

NOAA has begun to limit the work it devotes to maintaining a pair of polar weather satellites — putting at risk the accuracy of both weather forecasts and extreme storm predictions, say former ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has hired a professor who devoted his career to skepticism of the science of climate change for a top position at the federal agency, NPR ...

A dramatic video captured a man fleeing a charging polar bear in Norway after dropping his gun and hopping onto a snowmobile. The incident reportedly unfolded in Pyramiden – an Arctic town in ...

Agency officials said Monday that NOAA would continue to maintain the Joint Polar Satellite System, crucial weather satellites, after a previous memo suggested maintenance would be deferred ...

The polar vortex can ride with the jet stream and push cold air into the US under certain conditions. NOAA. As the name suggests, the polar vortex is associated with our planet's north and south ...

An April cold snap is expected to bring unusually cold temperatures to the eastern half of the US next week. The cold snap could impact new spring vegetation and lead to frost in some areas.

CLIMATEWIRE | NOAA has begun to limit the work it devotes to maintaining a pair of polar weather satellites — putting at risk the accuracy of both weather forecasts and extreme storm predictions ...