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Meet the citizen scientists supporting NOAA’s mission

April 2, 2025

Three photos of citizen science volunteers. From left to right, the first photo is of Shelby wearing a raincoat and hat, standing on a cliff near a foggy coastline. Second, Esther and Jerry stand together on a sandy beach holding turtle monitoring equipment. Third, Craig Wollam holds a large fish while standing on a boat with the coastline in the background.

‘Rain Gauge Rally’ recruits new volunteers to measure rain and snow

March 19, 2025

A plastic cylinder with an opening at the top to collect precipitation is mounted upright on a wooden post that stands alone in the sand dunes in front of a beach with crashing waves.

Investing in America: NOAA's Science, Service and Stewardship in Action

December 9, 2024

Welcome to noaa.gov

Local volunteers help monitor, clean up Ohio beaches

April 17, 2024

Three smiling children stand on a beach holding deflated mylar balloons.

Introducing Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary: A maritime legacy

April 17, 2024

Location map for the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary

Tradition meets science to monitor water quality in South Carolina

April 17, 2024

A woman and a girl wearing blue life vests on a boat in a river.

Venturing into community science at Mallows Bay

April 17, 2024

Enthusiastic volunteers convene in their kayaks to gather data on the submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) amidst the freshwater marsh plants of Mallows Bay

#EarthDay 2024: NOAA ships, marine plastics, a fun little quiz and more

April 2, 2024

Visit us all #EarthWeek long

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.

Participate in science with NOAA

April 1, 2024

More than 500,000 people volunteer to help us learn more about Earth, and you can too!

Volunteers Eva Lagdamen and Benjamin Sankar are standing in the waters of an estuary, wearing waders, and show the camera a small eel, approximately the length of a finger, that they found in the river.

NOAA seeks applications for 2024 urban heat island initiative

December 19, 2023

Communities must apply by January 31 for heat mapping program

Kyra Woods, policy advisor for the city of Chicago, hands out sensors to volunteers who will attach a sensor to their car and drive established routes in the city. The sensor can record temperature, humidity and location. The data are then used to create a detailed map of urban heat pockets in the city.

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