NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

We’re celebrating #EarthMonth and #CitizenScienceMonth all through April … #NoFooling! Check out noaa.gov/earthday throughout the month for the latest NOAA science news, fun Earth Month activities, and the many ways you can help our planet. Pictured: Sunrise paints the sky over Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve. Credit: Jace Tunnell. #EarthMonthNOAA #CitSci

Today is the big day! Happy #EarthDay from NOAA, where every day is Earth Day. From #NOAAFleet Week to diving live into unexplored waters, leveling up with a NOAA/Fathomverse game collab — and so much more — we’ve been celebrating all #EarthMonth long. Check out noaa.gov/Earthday for more. And remember, every day can be Earth day for you, too! Visit noaa.gov all year long for the latest Earth science news, scientific research discoveries and ways you can get involved to help our home planet. Image 1: A NOAA small boat returns to ship under a rainbow after collecting water samples and deploying scientific instruments in the Pacific’s Kure Atoll. Credit: James Morioka/NOAA. Image 2: A doodled graphic of the Earth with the text “Every day is Earth Day” on it. The Earth is surrounded by drawings of nature including a desert, tropics, tundra, marine and deep sea environments, mountains, forests, rivers, and hills. Credit: Kaleigh Ballantine/NOAA. #EarthDayNOAA #EarthDay2025 #CitSci #CitizenScienceMonth

It’s our 4th and final week of #EarthMonthNOAA, and we’ve got even more Earth Science news and features for you. Visit noaa.gov/earthday throughout the week great content, like: -Deepwater Horizon: 15 years of research, recovery and restoration. -How sharks keep the ocean healthy. -How a NOAA-led project is restoring seagrass in Florida. And more! Pictured: Bullfrog on a lily pad. Credit: iStock.

It’s Week 3 of #EarthMonthNOAA! Get ready for more fun and fascinating science, including: –5 historically huge solar events, and how space weather can impact you. –How lightning detection moved from the ground to the sky. –Downloadable Earth month posters and science activities. Visit noaa.gov/earthday for this content and more throughout the week. Pictured: Lightning in North Dakota: July 5, 2014. Credit: Jeremy Bower.

It’s Week 2 of #EarthMonthNOAA, and we have some great Earth science content in store! –Join us for #NOAAFleetWeek all week long for virtual, behind-the-scenes access to our ships and planes. –Find out how you can be a scientist.  –Get the details on a new NOAA research mission. Visit noaa.gov/earthday for this content and more throughout the week. Pictured: The sun rises over NOAA’s Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. Credit: RJ Mitchell. #FlyNOAA #SailNOAA #CitizenScienceMonth

There’s a chance that you’re seeing more green than usual today, like the 2022 Lake Erie harmful algal bloom pictured here. NOAA uses advanced technology to detect toxins found in blooms like this that are harmful to humans, animals and ecosystems.   See our feature story to find out  more ways NOAA’s research is making your life better — right now! https://lnkd.in/dbYuxxMK

Join us as we journey from the seafloor to the museum floor in our latest episode of the #PlanetNOAAPodcast! --Find out how NOAA scientists study marine specimens to better understand our ocean planet.  -- Get the inside scoop on how these specimens are collected, transported and preserved. 🔎 --Blast from the past: A NOAA employee makes a surprise discovery in a record store. 🎧 https://lnkd.in/e7v82KbB

In our latest episode of the #PlanetNOAAPodcast, we’re getting up-close with corals! 🎧🎙 Join us as NOAA coral expert Brian Beck shares fascinating facts about these biologically diverse, culturally significant and economically valuable ecosystems. PLUS: Learn how an early philosophical spat between Charles Darwin and Louis Agassiz kicked modern coral research into high gear: https://lnkd.in/eNpXWJAy

Annually on the 3rd Monday of January, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service — a day devoted to helping people and communities. Find out more at mlkday.gov. And did you know that many places where Dr. King made history are preserved in national parks throughout the country? To celebrate the life of Dr. King, the National Park Service is waiving all national park entrance fees today, January 20. Get the details: https://lnkd.in/dgzcjyQ Pictured: Visitors enter the Martin Luther King Birth Home at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park. Credit: National Park Service.  #MLKDay2025

As we kick off the new year, now is the perfect time to look back on how NOAA’s newest hurricane model advanced the accuracy of hurricane forecasts, and supported community preparedness actions during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Get the details: https://lnkd.in/e4b7Xfi4 Pictured: View from navigator's station aboard a NOAA hurricane hunter plane in the eye of Hurricane Milton. Taken approximately 10 a.m. on October 9, 2024. Lieutenant Commander Andrew Utama, NOAA Corps. (Image credit: NOAA plane in the eye of Milton. 10/9/24.)