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Topic: Equity

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New NOAA climate action plan emphasizes needs of underserved communities

May 1, 2024

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climate impacts

Climate-Ready Nation

Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Gateway to NOAA

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On September 27, 2023, the VIIRS instrument onboard NOAA’s JPSS satellites captured this GeoColor imagery of Canadian wildfire smoke being pulled across the Atlantic Ocean by two areas of low pressure—one swirling system can be seen in the left of this image and the other, deemed Storm Agnes by the UK Met Office, is on the right near Ireland and the United Kingdom. GeoColor imagery provides a close approximation to what you would see with your naked eye from outer space.

All in a year’s work: ‘Zooming’ into hurricanes, a new underwater vehicle and a fish mystery solved

March 26, 2024

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marine heat waves

Billion-Dollar Disasters

On September 27, 2023, the VIIRS instrument onboard NOAA’s JPSS satellites captured this GeoColor imagery of Canadian wildfire smoke being pulled across the Atlantic Ocean by two areas of low pressure—one swirling system can be seen in the left of this image and the other, deemed Storm Agnes by the UK Met Office, is on the right near Ireland and the United Kingdom. GeoColor imagery provides a close approximation to what you would see with your naked eye from outer space.

The Mattaponi River snakes through King and Queen County, Virginia.

Return to the River: The Upper Mattaponi Tribe reclaim their ancestral lands

November 27, 2023

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Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Environmental justice

Indigenous knowledge

The Mattaponi River snakes through King and Queen County, Virginia.

Children playing in water fountain.

NOAA seeks public comment to inform more equitable climate service delivery

July 20, 2023

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diversity & inclusion

climate impacts

Children playing in water fountain.

Photo showing Derek Van Dam, CNN meteorologist, and Brionna Findley, community volunteer, used a sensor attached to a car to measure temperature, humidity, time and location during NOAA’s 2021 urban heat island mapping campaign in Atlanta, Georgia. The data from volunteers was used to create a map to pinpoint the areas of the city most in need of cooling strategies.

Biden-Harris Administration announces $5 million funding opportunity to help communities address extreme heat through Investing in America Agenda

July 11, 2023

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Inflation Reduction Act

Environmental justice

Photo showing Derek Van Dam, CNN meteorologist, and Brionna Findley, community volunteer, used a sensor attached to a car to measure temperature, humidity, time and location during NOAA’s 2021 urban heat island mapping campaign in Atlanta, Georgia. The data from volunteers was used to create a map to pinpoint the areas of the city most in need of cooling strategies.

Welcome to noaa.gov

5 ways NOAA supported climate science and solutions in 2022

January 11, 2023

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

America the Beautiful

Welcome to noaa.gov

Volunteers plant natural grasses safely behind a newly constructed breakwater, which is part of a living shoreline project, at Camp Wilkes in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Podcast: Equity and justice in coastal planning

November 18, 2022

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coastal communities

Volunteers plant natural grasses safely behind a newly constructed breakwater, which is part of a living shoreline project, at Camp Wilkes in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Allison Allen, director, Analyze, Forecast and Support Office, NOAA National Weather Service.

Q&A: The rise of women leaders at the National Weather Service

November 1, 2022

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NOAA leadership

Allison Allen, director, Analyze, Forecast and Support Office, NOAA National Weather Service.

Collage showing drought, wildfire and flooding.

NOAA awards over $15 million for climate science, community resilience

October 25, 2022

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Collage showing drought, wildfire and flooding.

Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission staff hold Sofar buoys at co-production workshop.

Narrowing the ocean data gap

October 27, 2022

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Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission staff hold Sofar buoys at co-production workshop.

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