Topic: Meteorology

NOAA head details reforms of fishery enforcement

NOAA head details fishery enforcement reforms, seeks justification of penalties after reportThe nation's oceans chief on Thursday detailed reforms on the ways fishermen are policed, including a proposal to force her agency to better justify penalties against them. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration head Jane Lubchenco also announced meetings ...
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NOAA warns of big floods after fierce winter

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A huge snowpack from a harsh winter will cause extensive flooding this spring in the upper Midwest and in the major corn-growing state of Iowa, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said on Tuesday. "We are looking at potentially historic flooding in some parts of the country this ...
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Widespread spring flooding forecast

Government warns of spring flooding in Midwest, South, East after wet winterWith truckloads of sandbags rolling into cities like Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., the government confirmed residents' fears Tuesday, forecasting major flooding in the Midwest following a wetter than normal winter. North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa ...
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NOAA director urges better explanations of climate

Scientists need to do better job of explaining climate change science, NOAA's director saysClimate change is here and scientists need to do a better job of explaining it to the public, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday. "We are no longer constrained by talking ...
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