Which has the second largest number? - Mount Rainier, Washington, at 14,410 feet (4,393 meters), the highest peak in the Cascade Range, is a dormant volcano whose glacier ice cover exceeds that of any other mountain in the conterminous United States. Mount Rainier has 26 glaciers, with an area of…
The Greenversations blog launched on Earth Day in 2008. Since then, we’ve shared 1,500 posts in 70 different categories and read almost 48,000 comments from people like you. As one of the past Greenversations managers, I’ve looked forward to hearing from many of our regular readers and could…
Getting an early jump on Earth Day, students from several Boston-area schools helped ready and deploy a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ocean drifter today, contributing to a global array that yields vital environmental data.
NOAA today released a comprehensive draft management plan and environmental assessment for the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary for public review and comment. The plan will serve as a roadmap for addressing issues facing the sanctuary over the next five years.
As the nation kicks off maritime celebrations to commemorate the War of 1812, NOAA is releasing special navigation products that will help recreational boaters enjoy the festivities safely.
By Una Song This year my husband and I went on vacation to Boise, Idaho to visit his parents, and then to San Francisco to attend my husband’s boss’s retirement party. The last time I was in Boise was before I started with the ENERGY STAR program. At that time, while I recognized the ENERGY…
NOAA has made sea floor maps and other data on the world’s coasts, continental shelves and deep ocean available for easy viewing online.
According to NOAA scientists, the average global temperature for March 2012 makes it the coolest March since 1999, yet the 16th warmest since record keeping began in 1880.
By Gina Snyder When I was a teenager, we used to play touch football in the neighborhood. Whoever was around would be allowed to play, regardless of ability or age. Super Bowl Sunday brought me back to those memories of what seemed like a simpler time. But maybe it wasn’t so simple. In those days,…
Irene has been retired from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical storm names by the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) hurricane committee because of the fatalities and damage it caused in August 2011 and will be replaced by Irma.
By Vanessa Trafas When I began my search for the perfect internship in Washington DC I already knew where I wanted to work. EPA was the perfect opportunity for what I wanted to do. And, so, it was to be. I remember my first day at the Office of the Pesticide Programs in the communications [...]
By Tom Murray The answer is a guy named Tim. I’ve been in the pollution prevention game for quite awhile now and I and others in the field can regale you with P2 success stories well into the night. But every once in a while a story crosses my desk that just grabs me and [...]
This week, the GOES-7 satellite, one of NOAA’s earliest geostationary satellites, was moved into a higher orbit and retired from service. Launched in 1987, GOES-7 first served as a critical weather satellite, capturing images of developing hurricanes and other severe storms that impacted the…
Local environmental restoration projects will get a boost thanks to an agreement signed today by federal, state and tribal natural resource trustees to jointly conduct Natural Resource Damage Assessment(NRDA) activities within Port Angeles Harbor.
By Lina Younes Ever since my children were young, I tried to instill in them a love for math and science. So, when I saw the news of a new exhibit in the Washington area entitled “MathAlive,” it definitely became part of my “must see” list. Of course, I didn’t mention the title right off…
Por Lina Younes Desde que mis hijas eran pequeñas, traté de inculcarles un amor por las matemáticas y las ciencias. Cuando vi un artículo sobre una nueva exposición en el área de Washington titulada MathAlive,” (Las Matemáticas Vivas) decidí inmediatamente que tenía que ir a dicha…
NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries today announced it will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider possible expansion of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron.
Fans of Colorado Rockies baseball can feel safer when severe thunderstorms threaten Coors Field now that the park has earned designation as a National Weather Service StormReady® Supporter. Coors Field is the fourth major league baseball park to earn StormReady distinction.
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Many New Upcoming Invasive Species Related Conferences added (U.S. and International), including : 2012 Alberta Invasive Plants Council - "New Invasive Threats to Alberta: Meeting the Challenge" -- Apr 19, 2012 2012…
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays. By Aaron Ferster July 23rd, 2008. That was the launch of our first Science Wednesday blog. Since then, we’ve faithfully posted Wednesday blogs and entertained hundreds of comments from readers.…
Which has the second largest number? - Mount Rainier, Washington, at 14,410 feet (4,393 meters), the highest peak in the Cascade Range, is a dormant volcano whose glacier ice cover exceeds that of any other mountain in the conterminous United States. Mount Rainier has 26 glaciers, with an area of…
The Greenversations blog launched on Earth Day in 2008. Since then, we’ve shared 1,500 posts in 70 different categories and read almost 48,000 comments from people like you. As one of the past Greenversations managers, I’ve looked forward to hearing from many of our regular readers and could…
Getting an early jump on Earth Day, students from several Boston-area schools helped ready and deploy a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ocean drifter today, contributing to a global array that yields vital environmental data.
NOAA today released a comprehensive draft management plan and environmental assessment for the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary for public review and comment. The plan will serve as a roadmap for addressing issues facing the sanctuary over the next five years.
As the nation kicks off maritime celebrations to commemorate the War of 1812, NOAA is releasing special navigation products that will help recreational boaters enjoy the festivities safely.
By Una Song This year my husband and I went on vacation to Boise, Idaho to visit his parents, and then to San Francisco to attend my husband’s boss’s retirement party. The last time I was in Boise was before I started with the ENERGY STAR program. At that time, while I recognized the ENERGY…
NOAA has made sea floor maps and other data on the world’s coasts, continental shelves and deep ocean available for easy viewing online.
According to NOAA scientists, the average global temperature for March 2012 makes it the coolest March since 1999, yet the 16th warmest since record keeping began in 1880.
By Gina Snyder When I was a teenager, we used to play touch football in the neighborhood. Whoever was around would be allowed to play, regardless of ability or age. Super Bowl Sunday brought me back to those memories of what seemed like a simpler time. But maybe it wasn’t so simple. In those days,…
Irene has been retired from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical storm names by the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) hurricane committee because of the fatalities and damage it caused in August 2011 and will be replaced by Irma.
By Vanessa Trafas When I began my search for the perfect internship in Washington DC I already knew where I wanted to work. EPA was the perfect opportunity for what I wanted to do. And, so, it was to be. I remember my first day at the Office of the Pesticide Programs in the communications [...]
By Tom Murray The answer is a guy named Tim. I’ve been in the pollution prevention game for quite awhile now and I and others in the field can regale you with P2 success stories well into the night. But every once in a while a story crosses my desk that just grabs me and [...]
This week, the GOES-7 satellite, one of NOAA’s earliest geostationary satellites, was moved into a higher orbit and retired from service. Launched in 1987, GOES-7 first served as a critical weather satellite, capturing images of developing hurricanes and other severe storms that impacted the…
Local environmental restoration projects will get a boost thanks to an agreement signed today by federal, state and tribal natural resource trustees to jointly conduct Natural Resource Damage Assessment(NRDA) activities within Port Angeles Harbor.
By Lina Younes Ever since my children were young, I tried to instill in them a love for math and science. So, when I saw the news of a new exhibit in the Washington area entitled “MathAlive,” it definitely became part of my “must see” list. Of course, I didn’t mention the title right off…
Por Lina Younes Desde que mis hijas eran pequeñas, traté de inculcarles un amor por las matemáticas y las ciencias. Cuando vi un artículo sobre una nueva exposición en el área de Washington titulada MathAlive,” (Las Matemáticas Vivas) decidí inmediatamente que tenía que ir a dicha…
NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries today announced it will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider possible expansion of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron.
Fans of Colorado Rockies baseball can feel safer when severe thunderstorms threaten Coors Field now that the park has earned designation as a National Weather Service StormReady® Supporter. Coors Field is the fourth major league baseball park to earn StormReady distinction.
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Many New Upcoming Invasive Species Related Conferences added (U.S. and International), including : 2012 Alberta Invasive Plants Council - "New Invasive Threats to Alberta: Meeting the Challenge" -- Apr 19, 2012 2012…
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays. By Aaron Ferster July 23rd, 2008. That was the launch of our first Science Wednesday blog. Since then, we’ve faithfully posted Wednesday blogs and entertained hundreds of comments from readers.…