NOAA responds to millions of annual requests for climate data vital to planning and operations. In vulnerable areas, infrastructure can be designed with a better understanding of projected sea-level rise, flooding and/or changes in hurricane frequency and intensity. Photo and caption: NOAA The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced that it will be unifying all its climate change research capabilities into a single office, the NOAA Climate Service. Agency head Read the full story on TreeHugger