Feb. 12, 2013 -- Scientists with NOAA and the Department of Energy’s Office of Science will coordinate their climate modeling research programs to answer some of the most perplexing questions in climate and Earth systems science.

Feb. 7, 2013 -- New research from NOAA and the University of Washington suggests that using satellites to detect heat from deep convective cloud tops may be a way to detect El Niño and could help forecasters predict the unusual weather it causes.

Feb. 6, 2013 -- The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, in partnership with the University of Oklahoma, has launched a free app for users to anonymously report precipitation from their Apple or Android mobile device.

Feb. 4, 2013 -- When Punahou School’s K-12 Hawaiian studies teacher Malia Ane signed in at a September 2012 workshop on Oahu, she was the 5,000th teacher to do so since NOAA began the program nine years ago.

Jan. 30, 2013 -- Rain Garden, a new free iPhone app, guides users on how to create and install rain gardens that curtail runoff of pollutants, prevent erosion, and provide wildlife habitat.