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|Services= Weather Forecasting; Climate Monitoring; Ocean and Coastal Management; Fisheries Management; Research; Satellite Operations | |Services= Weather Forecasting; Climate Monitoring; Ocean and Coastal Management; Fisheries Management; Research; Satellite Operations | ||
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|CreationLegislation= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Organic Act of 1970 | |CreationLegislation= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Organic Act of 1970 | ||
|Regulations= 15 CFR Part 902 (NOAA Information Collection Requirements); 50 CFR (Wildlife and Fisheries, includes NOAA Fisheries regulations) | |Regulations= 15 CFR Part 902 (NOAA Information Collection Requirements); 50 CFR (Wildlife and Fisheries, includes NOAA Fisheries regulations) | ||
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The '''National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''' (abbreviated as '''NOAA''' | The '''National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''' (abbreviated as '''NOAA''') is an American scientific and [[regulatory agency]] charged with [[Weather forecasting|forecasting weather]], monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, [[Hydrography|charting the seas]], conducting [[deep-sea exploration]], and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US [[exclusive economic zone]]. The agency is part of the [[United States Department of Commerce]] and is headquartered in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]]. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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NOAA was established within the Department of Commerce via the Reorganization Plan No. 4,<ref name="lib.noaa.gov" /> and formed on October 3, 1970, after U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] proposed creating a new agency to serve a national need for "better protection of life and property from natural hazards... for a better understanding of the total environment... [and] for exploration and development leading to the intelligent use of our marine resources".<ref>{{cite web|title=REORGANIZATION PLANS NOS. 3 AND 4 OF 1970 |page=6|url=https://archive.epa.gov/ocir/leglibrary/pdf/created.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://archive.epa.gov/ocir/leglibrary/pdf/created.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|website=Archive.epa.gov}}</ref> | NOAA was established within the Department of Commerce via the Reorganization Plan No. 4,<ref name="lib.noaa.gov" /> and formed on October 3, 1970, after U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] proposed creating a new agency to serve a national need for "better protection of life and property from natural hazards... for a better understanding of the total environment... [and] for exploration and development leading to the intelligent use of our marine resources".<ref>{{cite web|title=REORGANIZATION PLANS NOS. 3 AND 4 OF 1970 |page=6|url=https://archive.epa.gov/ocir/leglibrary/pdf/created.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://archive.epa.gov/ocir/leglibrary/pdf/created.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|website=Archive.epa.gov}}</ref> | ||
NOAA is a part of the Department of Commerce rather than the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of Interior]], because of a feud between President Nixon and his interior secretary, [[Wally Hickel]], over the Nixon Administration's | NOAA is a part of the Department of Commerce rather than the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of Interior]], because of a feud between President Nixon and his interior secretary, [[Wally Hickel]], over the Nixon Administration's Vietnam War policy. Nixon did not like Hickel's letter urging Nixon to listen to the Vietnam War demonstrators,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://schanes.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/the-battle-for-the-national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-noaa/|title=The Battle for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)|date=May 22, 2008|website=Steven Eli Schanes|language=en|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref> and punished Hickel by not putting NOAA in the Interior Department.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/why-noaa-commerce-department|title=Why NOAA Is in the Commerce Department|language=en|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref> | ||
In 2007, NOAA celebrated 200 years of service in its role as successor to the U.S. [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey|Survey of the Coast]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Shea|first=Eileen|title=A History of NOAA|url=http://www.history.noaa.gov/legacy/noaahistory_1.html|publisher=Department of Commerce Historical Council|access-date=May 30, 2013}}</ref> | In 2007, NOAA celebrated 200 years of service in its role as successor to the U.S. [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey|Survey of the Coast]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Shea|first=Eileen|title=A History of NOAA|url=http://www.history.noaa.gov/legacy/noaahistory_1.html|publisher=Department of Commerce Historical Council|access-date=May 30, 2013}}</ref> | ||
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== Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change == | == Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change == | ||
Since 2001, the organization has hosted the senior staff and recent chair, [[Susan Solomon]], of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]]'s working group on climate science.<ref name="Pearce">[[Fred Pearce|Pearce, Fred]], ''The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth about Global Warming'', (2010) [[Guardian Books]], {{ISBN|978-0-85265-229-9}}, p. XVIII.</ref> | Since 2001, the organization has hosted the senior staff and recent chair, [[Susan Solomon]], of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]]'s working group on climate science.<ref name="Pearce">[[Fred Pearce|Pearce, Fred]], ''The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth about Global Warming'', (2010) [[Guardian Books]], {{ISBN|978-0-85265-229-9}}, p. XVIII.</ref> | ||
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