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1. IntroductionParent and child acculturation/enculturation have impacts on childhood health and weight status . This is a major public health concern as childhood obesity prevalence and its physical and mental health complications can…

April 5, 2024 SEATTLE (April 5, 2024) – State and federal agencies and departments in Oregon and Washington have agreed to collaborate on addressing the escalating…

Judy Zhang, left, and Rita Parai in Parai's laboratory. Credit: Sean Garcia/Washington University in St. Louis In Earth science, small…

Why study the Pacific? The Pacific is the largest and deepest ocean basin on Earth. Many of the islands in its waters – including Guam and American Samoa – sit within or near the Ring of Fire, an area of the…

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Pacific RISA, a NOAA CAP/RISA team, convened a Sector-based Climate Services and Coordination Workshop in Koror, Palau from February 26 to March 1, 2024. The workshop was funded by the Green Climate Fund and hosted by the US National…

On May 13, the NIEHS Office of Science Education and Diversity (OSED) welcomed Caroline Goon, who discussed her efforts related to recruitment, retention, and advancement of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders…

Schematic diagram of the modeled trajectories of computationally-released radiocaesium particles, which can be split into three pattern clusters: transport along the…

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A 12-meter tall black smoker hydrothermal vent emitting fluids at 332°C (630°F), one of the active vents discovered on a recent expedition to the East Pacific Rise, a…

Story courtesy of Clara Deck, NOAA Climate Program Office Research has long shown that ocean surface temperatures can influence the atmosphere. Over the past twenty years, researchers have been studying how the atmosphere reacts to…

Research has long shown that ocean surface temperatures can influence the atmosphere. Over the past twenty years, researchers have been studying how the atmosphere reacts to changing ocean temperatures globally, sparking debates on the…

March 22, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis showing that…

Coastal environments are dynamic and ever-changing, presenting a challenge for scientists, managers, and policymakers who seek to understand and mitigate the impact of these changes. Traditionally, the scarcity of shoreline position…

Over the course of this four-day event, presenters highlighted the impact these technologies are having and will continue to have on the future of maritime security and defense and provided a platform for…

In 2023, comparable installs required Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific and Tactical Networks Program Office (PMW 160) engineers to board the ship and perform the install over one week; now…

One afternoon last year, we sat in a village hall in Fiji chatting to residents about traditional ways of forecasting tropical cyclones. One man mentioned a black-winged storm bird known as “manumanunicagi” that glides above the…

Our world may seem fragile, but Earth has been around for a very long time. If we ventured far back into the past, would we reach a time when it looked fundamentally different? The answer lies in some of the earliest extensive…

Hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean The 2023 Pacific hurricane season was an active and destructive Pacific hurricane season. In the Eastern Pacific basin (east of 140°W), 17 named storms formed; 10 of those became hurricanes, of…

WASHINGTON —  U.S. congressional negotiators released a bill Sunday that would fund key parts of the government through the rest of the fiscal year, which began in October 2023. Among provisions in the appropriations package are…

SGAC held elections in January/February 2024 to elect the next Regional Coordinators (RCs) in the Asia Pacific Region. We are happy to announce that Antonio Stark (South Korea) and Gillian Chin (Singapore) have been elected as the…

Tutuila, the largest island in the US territory of American SamoaPeto Laszlo/Alamy The Samoan Islands are sinking faster after earthquakes caused a deformation in Earth’s mantle beneath the island chain. Projections…

These photos show the rapid recovery of the forest canopy on Tanna, following Cyclone Pam in 2015. Credit: UH Mānoa After one of the most…

Oakland, California, USA, Feb. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Pacific Institute, a US-based global water think tank, in partnership with 2NDNATURE today released a new national assessment finding substantial opportunities for…

TAIPEI, TAIWAN —  Tuvalu’s new government released a statement of priorities Wednesday, reiterating the Pacific island nation’s intent to maintain its "long-term and lasting special relationship" with Taiwan, while vowing to review a…

In this video message, NOS Deputy Assistant Administrator Rachael Dempsey shares how recent advancements in the GRAV-D project will help reduce risk for…

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf celebrates the 25th anniversary of NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration. (Video Transcript)…

Pyrosomes thrive in warmer seasMark Conlin / Alamy Strange colonial animals called pyrosomes are thriving in the north-east Pacific Ocean as it warms up, especially during marine heat waves. But according to a…

Carl Vinson is joined by two other CSG-1 ships, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), which returned to…

3.1. Correlation AnalysesPearson’s zero-order correlation analyses were conducted between all of the focal variables: perceived stigmatization; realistic threat; symbolic threat; denial of racism; Asian American identification;…

The aim of this study is to utilize neural network models to predict TC precipitation in the Northwest Pacific region using real-time GFS data and GFS precipitation forecast data. The evaluation of the neural network’s effectiveness in…

washington —  The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington celebrated on Friday as they signed papers formally launching a $1 billion plan to help recover depleted…

Marys Peak, highest point in the Oregon Coast Range. Credit: Steve Lundeberg, OSU Forests in the coolest, wettest parts of the western…

SYDNEY —  A group of asylum-seekers has been flown from Australia to Nauru, after they were discovered in a remote part of Western Australia. Their arrival on the Australian mainland reignited the political debate about immigration…

More than 800 service members and civilian mariners returned to San Diego after participating in Pacific Partnership 24-1, the largest multinational humanitarian mission that takes place in the Indo-Pacific.…

At the heart of this challenge is the NIWC Pacific workforce, and a persistent need to develop capacity and expertise at the leading edge. This is where senior leaders at NIWC Pacific made a crucial decision…

Background Climate change increasingly risks Pacific security and sovereignty on land and sea due to sea level rise, a warming ocean, disaster, and displacement. These challenges are no longer the problems of the future– they are some of…

During the four-month mission, medical providers visited the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Republic of Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia from October 2023 to February 2024.Cmdr.…

Researchers discovered new undersea faults on the Pacific plate, some of which are thousands of meters below the surface of the ocean and hundreds of kilometers long.…

While steaming more than 21,600 nautical miles in support of a variety of high visibility, multinational U.S. Navy and partner nation operations in several Pacific countries, including Australia, Canada,…

TOKYO, February 5, 2024 – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Mandy Cohen celebrated the opening of the new CDC East Asia and Pacific (EAP) regional office in Tokyo, Japan, at a ceremony that included U.S.…

1. IntroductionColorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide and ranks among the three most common cancers in Guam (GU) , Hawai’i (HI) , and the mainland United States (US) . In these areas, CRC…

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS    In the Marshall Islands, talented warriors painted a vibrant street mural in an effort to address the frequent blackouts caused by malfunctioning energy systems on Majuro Island. The mural, aimed…

SYDNEY —  Australia considers itself the economic and security guardian of the Pacific region. But increasingly China has ambitions to further its interests among island nations. This week, Pat Conroy, Australia’s minister for…

During the four-month mission, which started in early October 2023, Mercy Sailors worked alongside allies and partners to strengthen relationships, bolster host nation capacity to provide essential…

January 30, 2024 EPA Settles with Pan Pacific, Times Supermarket, Don Quijote, and Marukai Hawaii over Sale of Unregistered Disinfectants and Other Products HONOLULU –…

A new study published in Weather and Climate Dynamics sheds light on the crucial role of rapidly ascending airstreams, known as warm conveyor belts (WCBs), in the dynamics of extratropical cyclones. The Climate Program Office’s Climate…

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf shares the news that NOAA and partners helped recover over $92 million from polluters to restore seven…

1 IntroductionProduction of tree seedlings is an integral part of the agricultural and forest products economy in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), USA (USDA, 2014). Over $1.1 billion in nursery and greenhouse products were sold in 2020 with…

This was Pacific Partnership’s second mission stop in the Federated States of Micronesia during their four-month humanitarian mission.“So let this special friendship be as fast, as deep and an enduring one,…