National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.

Monitoring ocean carbon via satellite

Satellites now play a key role in monitoring carbon levels in the oceans, but we are only just beginning to understand their full potential. Our ability to predict future climate relies upon being able to monitor where our carbon emissions go. So we need to know how much stays in the atmosphere, or becomes stored

Monitoring ocean carbon via satellite

The world’s oceans possess vast, untapped potential for sustainable aquaculture

Covering 70 percent of Earth’s surface, the world’s oceans are vast and deep. So vast, in fact, that nearly every coastal country has the potential to meet its own domestic seafood needs through aquaculture. In fact, each country could do so using a tiny fraction of its ocean territory. So finds a study led by

The world’s oceans possess vast, untapped potential for sustainable aquaculture

The Pacific Ocean Becomes a Caldron

Hurricane Patricia was a surprise. The eastern Pacific hurricane strengthened explosively before hitting the coast of Mexico, far exceeding projections of scientists who study such storms. And while the storm’s strength dissipated quickly when it struck land, a question remained. What made it such a monster? Explanations were all over the map, with theories that

The Pacific Ocean Becomes a Caldron

Watch The Swirling Islands Of Plastic Trash That Are Filling Up Our Oceans

Courtesy of NASA, see where the 5 trillion pieces of floating plastic floating we’ve put in our oceans. Next year, a 20-year-old inventor will begin trawling the world’s oceans to try to clean up plastic garbage patches—the sprawling clumps where most of the world’s 5 trillion pieces of plastic trash end up. But a new

Watch The Swirling Islands Of Plastic Trash That Are Filling Up Our Oceans

Sustainable Fishing: Easy Solution for Shrimpers and Smelt Alike

For the past four years, trawlers on the West Coast have been hauling in vast amounts of pink shrimp, much of it destined for dainty salads and shrimp cocktails across the country. But though these have been boom times for shrimpers, many are uneasy. Along with pink shrimp, their nets often scoop up a threatened

Sustainable Fishing: Easy Solution for Shrimpers and Smelt Alike

New ozone-destroying gases on the rise

Scientists report that chemicals that are not controlled by a United Nations treaty designed to protect the Ozone Layer are contributing to ozone depletion. In the new study, published today in Nature Geoscience, the scientists also report the atmospheric abundance of one of these ‘very short-lived substances’ (VSLS) is growing rapidly. Study lead author Dr

New ozone-destroying gases on the rise

A Lifesaving Transplant for Coral Reefs

David Vaughan plunges his right arm down to his elbow into one of nine elevated tanks where thousands of tiny colonies of coral are growing at an astonishing rate in shaded seclusion next to the Mote Tropical Research Laboratory. “Now this is the exciting part. You ready for this?” he asks, straining to be heard

A Lifesaving Transplant for Coral Reefs

Avoiding ecosystem collapse

From coral reefs to prairie grasslands, some of the world’s most iconic habitats are susceptible to sudden collapse due to seemingly minor events. A classic example: the decimation of kelp forests when a decline of otter predation unleashes urchin population explosions. Three studies published in the Nov. 24 special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the

Avoiding ecosystem collapse

“Flock” of Nano Satellites to Capture High-Res Views of Whole Earth

A private San Francisco start-up has launched the largest-ever ensemble of satellites The constellation of Earth-imaging satellites launched yesterday—28 individual sputniks, called “Doves,” each about the size of its namesake and weighing in at a svelte five kilograms—is on its way to the International Space Station. If all goes well, by the end of the

“Flock” of Nano Satellites to Capture High-Res Views of Whole Earth

Online citizen scientists: Classify plankton images

Plankton Portal uses crowd-sourcing to classify strange oceanic creatures Today, an online citizen-science project launches called “Plankton Portal” was created by researchers at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS) in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) and developers at Zooniverse.org Plankton Portal

Online citizen scientists: Classify plankton images

Gangplank to a Warm Future

MANY concerned about climate change, including President Obama, have embraced hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. In his recent climate speech, the president went so far as to lump gas with renewables as “clean energy.” As a longtime oil and gas engineer who helped develop shale fracking techniques for the Energy Department, I can assure you that this gas is

Gangplank to a Warm Future

First global atlas of marine plankton reveals remarkable underwater world

Under the microscope, they look like they could be from another planet, but these microscopic organisms inhabit the depths of our oceans in nearly infinite numbers. To begin to identify where, when, and how much oceanic plankton can be found around the globe, a group of international researchers have compiled the first ever global atlas

First global atlas of marine plankton reveals remarkable underwater world

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Scientists looked at more than 100,000 studies and found the world has a giant climate-crisis blind spot
New machine learning-based study would suggest a vast majority of the world — 85% of the world's population lives — is experiencing the effects of the climate crisis right now. It's a large percentage ...
Huge solar storm hitting Earth today could cause mass disruption for power grids and satellites, agency warns
An enormous solar flare is expected to hit Earth today, potentially affecting power grids and generating an aurora in northern latitudes. The coronal mass ejection originates from the Sun, which is ...
URI leads team of researchers awarded $1.5 million NOAA grant to study sea-level rise's effects on storms
Researchers at the University of Rhode Island and Penn State University have been awarded a four-year, $1.5 million grant through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to study ...
Gov. Evers, Sen. Baldwin, and Mayor Nickels Announce Final Designation of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary
MANITOWOC — Gov. Tony Evers today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in partnership with the state of Wisconsin, officially designated the Wisconsin Shipwreck ...
NOAA, state leaders celebrate final designation of Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary
As previously reported in June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced its plans to designate a large area off the coast of Wisconsin a Shipwreck Coast National Marine ...

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A world first: Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane - noaa.gov
September 30, 2021
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October 11, 2021
Federal employee who downloaded child pornography while working aboard NOAA research vessel sentenced to 2 ye - OregonLive
September 22, 2021
Student learns from NOAA scientists during summer program - University of Miami
September 15, 2021
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awards Auburn team $1.5 million to research resilient transportation infrastructure - Office of Communications and Marketing
September 16, 2021

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What happens after an oil spill?
The use of fossil fuels has not only contributed to the frequency of oil spills, but also our changing climate.
Lone beluga whale is spotted swimming off the coast of Seattle, 1,500 miles from the nearest population in Alaska – and scientists have no idea why
The wayward creature's 'very rare' appearance is the first documented sighting of a beluga whale in Puget Sound, off the coast of the US state of Washington, in more than 80 years.
Valuable crab populations are in a 'very scary' decline in warming Bering Sea
Federal biologist Erin Fedewa boarded a research vessel in June in Dutch Harbor, and journeyed to a swath of the Bering Sea that typically yields an abundance of young snow ...
Pipeline company evades questions on gap in reporting oil spill
When workers for the company operating the Elly drilling rig saw oil in the water miles from the California shoreline, they didn’t immediately call authorities. Instead, they ...
Pipeline company evades questions over a 15-hour gap before reporting oil spill
When workers for the company operating the Elly drilling rig saw oil in the water miles from the California shoreline, they didn’t immediately call authorities. Instead, they dialed the company’s risk ...