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Featured Animation

The Dead Zone

Hypoxic zones are areas in the ocean of such low oxygen concentration that animal life suffocates and dies, and as a result are sometimes called "dead zones." One of the largest dead zones forms in the Gulf of Mexico every spring. This data visualization discusses the causes of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

Recent Animations

	The Climate of 2009 Climate analyses use long time series of data to compute historical average, and then look at how data from a given period of time (monthly, seasonal, annual, etc.) differ from that average. These anomalies present ways to gauge the change in parameters over time. This visualization examines how precip (more...)
	*Tsunami:* at a Science on a Sphere near you Tsunami is the Visualization Lab's latest production for the NOAA Science on a Sphere exhibit, viewable at over 40 locations worldwide. Tsunami takes a look back at the devastating 2004 Indonesia tsunami: what happened, what was learned, and wha (more...)
	Hurricane Ida November 4-14, 2009 Hurricane Ida was the 9th tropical storm and 3rd hurricane of the 2009 Hurricane Season. After surviving passage over land in Nicaragua, where more than 40,000 people were left homeless, Ida reformed in the Gulf of Mexico, regained hurricane strength and came ashore in the United States as a tropical sto (more...)
	Satellite Data Detects Ozone Hole The ozone layer protects Earth from harmful ultraviolet solar radiation. Ozone is a gas made of three oxygen atoms, and just like any other gas it circulates in the atmosphere. During the fall months, chemical reactions combine with circulation patterns high in the atmosphere to reduce the concentratio (more...)
	The Watchful Eye of GOES The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) is one of NOAA’s most useful tools for understanding our planet. Situated 35,000km above the equator in outer space, the satellite provides a constant stream of data and imagery back to Earth as it observes clouds, ocean temperatures, winds, (more...)
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