
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA /ˈnoʊ.ə/ NOH-ə) is a United States scientific and regulatory agency tasked with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, 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. In 2001, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on climate science became Susan Solomon, an atmospheric chemist at NOAA's Boulder, Colorado offices. With co-chair Qin Dahe of Working Group 1 she produced the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4, 2007). She and other IPCC scientists, along with Vice President Al Gore, received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. More information...
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