Part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is concerned with scientific and regulatory activities around water bodies and environmental change.

By Shanna Hanbury It’s official: a weak La Niña came into fruition in late December and is expected, with significant ...

With less than a week to go before President-elect Donald Trump returns to office, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration took action Wednesday to add a layer of protection for ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center issued an alert Sunday night that the aurora borealis may be visible at high latitudes on Dec. 30 and 31 ...

RELATED | Firefighters battle fierce LA wildfires as death toll climbs to 16 and more remain missing The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its eight- to 14-day ...

Temperatures dropped below minus 40 in two northern Colorado towns Tuesday morning during the worst hours of the four-day arctic blast that hit the state over the weekend. National Weather Service ...

Located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary will provide additional ways to manage and protect the area’s nationally significant biological, cultural and ...

according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The powerful geomagnetic storm, or coronal mass ejection of solar material, is classified as a strong warning G3 that could ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center issued an alert Sunday night that the aurora borealis may be visible at high latitudes on Dec. 30 and 31 ...

narrow region in the atmosphere—like rivers in the sky—that transport most of the water vapor outside of the tropics," according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Thousands of acres have been burned in Los Angeles, and the burn scars could flood easily should a moisture-laden storm hit.

The extreme cold and winter air are expected to stay a while in Alabama. January is historically the coldest month of the ...