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Oil From BP Spill Found on Dead Dolphins in Gulf of Mexico

Researchers have traced oil found on dead dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico to the BP Deepwater Horizon spill but say it's not yet clear whether the oil caused their deaths. Hundreds of bottlenose dolphins have washed up dead in the Gulf in the past year, an unexplained rise in deaths that has scientists concerned. Oil on...

Blizzard Schmizzard: 2010 Ties 2005 for Warmest Year on Record, NOAA Says

With blizzard-like conditions gripping much of the northeastern United States, and snow on the ground in 49 of 50 U.S. states, it may not seem like the time to talk about global warming. According to number crunching by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, however, 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest year on...

Mother Nature's Cleanser May Help Study of Global Warming

Scientists have long known about the atmosphere's ability to cleanse itself of nasty pollutants such as benzene and methane. But they haven't always understood how nature's cleanser worked. Now, thanks to a new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they do. The cleanser, a chemical substance known...

Were Hurricane Forecasts Accurate or Hyped?

(Dec. 1) -- Government and private meteorologists were nearly in unanimous agreement with their early-season Atlantic Basin hurricane forecasts: This year was going to be fraught with danger. In the end, there were plenty of storms but little U.S. impact from the tropical season that officially ended Tuesday. So how...

Report: Controversial NOAA Oil Spill Estimates Accurate

(Nov. 23) -- Last summer's much-derided federal estimates of how much oil from BP's disaster remained in the Gulf of Mexico have proved mostly accurate, according to a peer review of the numbers released today by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "The bottom line is, even under the intense pressures ......

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), pronounced , like "Noah," is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere.

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