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Click here for full story on  the NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center.NOAA CLIMATE DIAGNOSTICS CENTER  
In the same way that weather forecasters rely on their interpretation of the causes of past and current weather conditions to make weather forecasts, scientists at the NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center conduct research on the causes of past and present climate conditions to support NOAA’s capability to predict future climate conditions. To do this, CDC scientists develop and apply state-of-the art scientific methods, called climate diagnostic techniques, to analyze observations and models of climate variability and change.
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Click here for full story on  the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.ROOKERY BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE The Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is located in southwest Florida on the Gulf of Mexico, one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the nation. Prior to its designation by NOAA in 1978, the core lands surrounding Rookery Bay were the focus of a community effort that led to its protection as a sanctuary. Now celebrating its 25th year in operation, RBNERR comprises approximately 110,000 acres.

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Click here for full story on  NOAA's participation in the upcoming U.S. Coral Reef Task Force meeting.U.S. CORAL REEF TASK FORCE MEETS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. , TO PROVIDE PROGRESS REPORT ON ACTION PLAN TO CONSERVE CORAL REEFS As the "rain forests of the sea," coral reefs provide services estimated to be worth as much as $375 billion each year, a staggering figure for an ecosystem covering less than one percent of the Earth's surface. Despite this, an estimated 27 percent of the world’s reefs have already been lost or severely damaged and another 58 percent are still threatened.

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