Tag: noaa

March 18, 2025 at 3:46 pm

Temperatures Were Unusually Cold In Many Parts Of The World Thanks To The Polar Vortex, But Can We Predict When It Will Hit?

Polar Vortex Graphic

“These cold events are actually caused by a sudden warming up in the stratosphere.”

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April 6, 2024 at 12:41 pm

The Strange, Low-Frequency Sound Heard At One Of The Most Remote Spots On Earth

The Strange, Low-Frequency Sound Heard At One Of The Most Remote Spots On Earth

No animal that we know of makes that volume of sound.

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August 1, 2018 at 3:46 pm

Full Disk Image of Earth’s Western Hemisphere Taken May 20, 2018

Full Disk Image of Earth's Western Hemisphere Taken May 20, 2018

The GOES-17 satellite took this snapshot from an equatorial vantage point approx. 22,300 miles above the surface

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October 6, 2017 at 2:43 pm

Picture of the Day: Inside the Eye of the Storm

Picture of the Day: Inside the Eye of the Storm

The chilling eyewall of Hurricane Katrina as seen from an NOAA Lockheed WP-3D Orion “hurricane hunter” aircraft

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