Latest "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration" stories

Air Force captures video of St. Elmo’s fire amid Idalia evacuation

An Air Force crew recorded rare footage of a mysterious weather phenomenon that shares a name with a classic 1980s Brat Pack film.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

3 months ago

Washington governor slams potential harm Navy testing may have on orcas

The governor of Washington state and other state officials have criticized a Navy military testing program that would potentially harm endangered orcas if approved.

3 years ago

Navy chaplain’s ‘Lead Like Jesus’ message roils command staffs

Did chaps cross the line dividing church from state at the Navy base?

By Carl Prine

4 years ago

‘Ghost Fleet’ cemetery now a national sanctuary

Mallows Bay is known for its "Ghost Fleet," including partly submerged remains of more than 100 wooden steamships that were built in response to threats from World War I-era German U-boats.

4 years ago

This famous Navy warship sank on New Year’s Eve

"Our little vessel was lost, and we, in months gone by, had learned to love her, felt a strange pang go through us as we remembered that never more might we tread her deck, or gather in her little cabin at evening."

By Olav Thulesius, Civil War Times Magazine

5 years ago

Coast Guard cadets will get closer to space with satellites

Coast Guard Academy cadets soon will be able to communicate with satellites in space from classrooms on campus.

By Julia Bergman, The (New London, Conn.) Day via the AP

5 years ago