News Topic - NOAA http://www.news-spider.com/topics/n/NOAA/index.html Latest news about NOAA from news-spider.com. News from more than 2,000 sources, updated continuously. en-us Copyright (c) 2008 news-spider.com. All rights reserved. Mon, 8 Sep 2008 13:01:42 GMT Localized Pollution Potentially Plays Role in Climate Change http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220553798 Short-lived gases and particle pollutants - which stay in the atmosphere for just days or weeks - have a greater influence on Earth’s climate than previously thought, according to a new NOAA-led repor ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220553798 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:14:14 GMT New site for disaster center? http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220533957 WASHINGTON - After once eyeing an address at Mobile Regional Airport, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is now hoping to work with local emergency officials to build a firs ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220533957 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:20:19 GMT Ike becomes hurricane http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220483643 CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Officials along the southern Atlantic coast held off ordering evacuations today amid uncertainty about where Tropical Storm Hanna might come ashore and how strong it will be when i ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220483643 Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:39:36 GMT NOAA Assists with Gustav Recovery Efforts http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220476316 Responders from NOAA are on the move as residents and businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas assess the impacts of Hurricane Gustav. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220476316 Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:44:36 GMT NOAA awards $658K in Monterey Bay Area environmental education grants http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220401397 Read full story for latest details. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220401397 Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:05:00 GMT The Sun Has First Spotless Month Since 1913 http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220381285 radioweather writes "August 2008 has made solar history. As of 00 UTC September 1st 2008 (5PM PST) we just witnessed the first spotless calendar month since June 1913.This was determined according to ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220381285 Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:26:00 GMT Gustav to hit Louisiana as Category 3, forecasters say http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220242096 Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center call for Gustav to make landfall in Louisiana as a Category 3 storm.The storm's projected landfall just southwest of New Orleans is becoming more and more ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220242096 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 03:35:38 GMT Hurricane Gustav weakens a little http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220209680 MOBILE, Ala. -- The National Hurricane Center released an updated track for Hurricane Gustav at 1 p.m.The track shows that Gustav remains a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds decreasing ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220209680 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:36:21 GMT Hurricane Gustav path remains largely unchanged http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220202477 MOBILE, Ala. -- The National Hurricane Center released an updated track for Hurricane Gustav at 10 a.m.The track shows that Gustav, a Category 3 hurricane, is in the Gulf with maximum sustained winds ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220202477 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:26:26 GMT Mayor Orders Mandatory Evacuation of New Orleans http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220208582 Pickens writes "City officials ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning Sunday morning — the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago — as Hurricane G ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1220208582 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:35:00 GMT