2025年1月10日 · A world map plotted with color blocks depicting percentiles of global average land and ocean temperatures for the full year 2024. Color blocks depict increasing warmth, from dark blue (record-coldest area) to dark red (record-warmest area) and spanning areas in between that were "much cooler than average" through "much warmer than average."

2023年4月10日 · Tsunamis can be generated in all of the world's oceans, inland seas, and in any large body of water. They have caused damage and deaths in coastal areas all around the world and can strike any coast. However, certain areas are particularly prone to tsunamis and the devastation they can bring. This is due to their location near local ts

2-minute resolution gridded topography/bathymetry Images created by the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center from bathymetric, topographic, and marine geological and geophysical data.

2024年12月13日 · The maritime zones recognized under international law include internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the continental shelf, the high seas, and the Area. The breadth of the territorial sea, contiguous zone, and EEZ (and in some cases the continental shelf) is measured from the

Aquaculture is rapidly gaining prominence, both for food security and as a local to global economic driver. In 2015, the average American ate 15.5 pounds of fish and shellfish, a 0.9 pound increase from 2014.

6 天之前 · Ocean water is on the move, affecting your climate, your local ecosystem, and the seafood that you eat. Ocean currents, abiotic features of the environment, are continuous and directed movements of ocean water. These currents are on the ocean’s surface and in its depths, flowing both locally and globally.

2024年4月17日 · A locked padlock) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

2024年12月17日 · The map to the right is the preliminary National Hurricane Center track map that has all the storms this year. That map will be finalized as the team at the hurricane center does the analysis over the winter to finalize all of the exact positions of these storms at all locations, and do what they call the best track data.

2020年6月9日 · “To take advantage of this, NOAA is building and strengthening partnerships such as the one with Schmidt Ocean Institute, which will help accelerate our mission to explore, characterize and map the United States Exclusive Economic Zone, promote marine protection, and unlock the potential of valuable resources to power the American Blue ...

6 天之前 · Tsunamis are just long waves — really long waves. But what is a wave? Sound waves, radio waves, even “the wave” in a stadium all have something in common with the waves that move across oceans. It takes an external force to start a wave, like dropping a rock into a pond or waves blowing across the sea. In the case of tsunamis, the forces involved are large — and their