April 12, 2012 This image from the GOES-7 satellite shows Hurricane Andrew at its peak intensity on August 24, 1992 before making landfall near Homestead, FL. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) This week, the GOES-7 satellite, one …
April 12, 2012 Diver in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries today announced it will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider …
April 11, 2012 A storm rolls into Coors Field in Denver, Colo. (Credit: Rich Clarkson and Assoc.) Fans of Colorado Rockies baseball can feel safer when severe thunderstorms threaten Coors Field now that the park has earned designation …
April 5, 2012 Screenshot of the app (Credit: NANOOS) A new suite of online portal and smartphone apps is providing information on tsunami zones in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest Tsunami Evacuation Zones online …
April 4, 2012 For the first time, mariners operating along the U.S. east coast can receive a visual display of all relevant right whale management initiatives and warnings via their iPad or iPhone, including Seasonal and Dynamic Management Areas, …
April 2, 2012 NOAA announced today that fishermen will be allowed to catch up to 6,700 metric tons of Gulf of Maine cod in 2012. This end result of collaborative work with the fishing industry to find a solution that prevented a much larger cut to …
March 28, 2012 NOAA collects aerial imagery used to improve the accuracy of shoreline data. Download here . (Credit: NOAA) For every dollar American taxpayers spend on NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Coastal Mapping Program, they …
March 27, 2012 Jianglong Zhang, Ph.D., an award-winning meteorologist and atmospheric scientist, will receive the prestigious NOAA David S. Johnson Award, which recognizes young scientists for their innovative use of environmental satellite data …
March 27, 2012 Plan of Fort Jackson, 1862 Gerdes and his men surveyed and mapped the flotilla’s successful mortar bombardment of Fort Jackson. Download here . (Credit: NOAA Coast Survey sketch, from the Coast Survey historical collection) …
March 22, 2012 Part of the "locavore" trend, Bob Campbell of Yankee Fishermen's Co-Op sells lobster and shrimp to patrons at a winter farmer’s market in Exeter, N.H. Download here . (Credit: New Hampshire Sea Grant) …
March 20, 2012 A layer of Antarctic Bottom Water colder than 0ºC (colors, with darkest blue areas having the thickest layer, and white none) covers the ocean floor around Antarctica (center, shaded grey). Rates at which this layer is …
March 20, 2012 The report, A Biogeographic Assessment of Seabirds, Deep Sea Corals and Ocean Habitats of the New York Bight is available online . Download here (Credit: NOAA) A newly released NOAA study will help New York state …
March 15, 2012 U.S. Spring Flood Risk Map for 2012. Read the full National Hydrologic Assessment . Download here (Credit: NOAA) For the first time in four years, no area of the country faces a high risk of major to record spring …
March 15, 2012 California sea lions consuming salmon just below the Columbia River’s Bonneville Dam. Download here (Credit: With permission from the U.S. Corps of Engineers) NOAA’s Fisheries Service said today it was authorizing …
March 9, 2012 Donna Wieting, Deputy Director of NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management joins Marc Miller, Director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, to display the new Illinois Coastal Management Program banner …
March 9, 2012 NOAA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are once again partnering for National Flood Safety Awareness Week, March 12 –16. This is a time for individuals, families, businesses and communities to understand their risk …
March 6, 2012 LEFT: Clay model of the face of a USS Monitor sailor whose remains were found in the gun turret in 2002. RIGHT: Computer enhanced image showing what the unknown sailor may have looked like while aboard the USS Monitor in 1862. See …
March 1, 2012 NHC Director Bill Read chats with visitors to the USAF Hurricane Hunter aircraft during its visit to Roosevelt Roads, P.R., last year. Download here . (Credit: NOAA) NOAA and the U.S. Air Force Reserve will host a series …
February 29, 2012 Communicating the hazards of severe weather will be the focus of the annual National Severe Weather Workshop, March 1-3 at the National Center for Employee Development in Norman. Organized by NOAA, the workshop will …
February 24, 2012 The Commerce Department today announced the appointment of Francis D. “Dewey” Hemilright Jr. of North Carolina to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Under this appointment, Hemilright will serve on the …
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