NOAA Press Releases

• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:50 GMT

  Second Federal Analysis Gives Further Clues about Location and Movement of Subsurface Oil

  July 23, 2010 Subsurface Monitoring Stations within 20 km of the Wellhead. Joint Analysis Group (JAG) Review of Preliminary Data to Examine Subsurface Oil In the Vicinity of MC252#1 May 19 to June 19, 2010. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) The National …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:50 GMT

  NOAA Ship Fairweather Maps Aid Shipping Through Bering Straits

  New multi-year effort to update charts of priority Arctic regions July 20, 2010 Using state-of-the-art echo sounding technology, NOAA Ship Fairweather is detecting navigational dangers in critical Arctic waterways. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) As Arctic …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:50 GMT

  NOAA: June, April to June, and Year-to-Date Global Temperatures are Warmest on Record

  July 15, 2010 Last month’s combined global land and ocean surface temperature made it the warmest June on record and the warmest on record averaged for any April-June and January-June periods, according to NOAA. Worldwide average land surface temperature …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:50 GMT

  Students Selected for 2010 NOAA Scholarships Honoring Dr. Nancy Foster

  July 21, 2010 NOAA has selected seven graduate students as national recipients of the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarships, representing graduate-level scholars in marine biology, coastal resource management, and maritime archeology. The scholarships were …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:50 GMT

  Commerce Department Appoints Members to Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee

  July 20, 2010 The Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Department of the Interior, has appointed 11 new members to the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee. The 30-member committee, which meets twice yearly, is made up of …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:50 GMT

  NOAA Releases Data Report on Air Quality Measurements Near the Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill Area

  Findings are consistent with EPA, OSHA data July 21, 2010 P-3 flights over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico during June 2010. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA scientists today released a data report on air quality measurements taken …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:50 GMT

  Salazar, Lubchenco Applaud Designation of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument as a World Heritage Site

  Remote chain of atolls and surrounding waters is first U.S. site added to World Heritage List in 15 years July 31, 2010 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco today commended the World Heritage Committee for adding …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:50 GMT

  NOAA and Coast Guard Actively Enforcing Gulf of Mexico Closed Fishing Area

  Catches in closed area abandoned at sea, maintaining integrity of Gulf seafood July 22, 2010 NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) and the U.S. Coast Guard continue to actively enforce the law in federal waters that have been closed to fishing to …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:50 GMT

  Update on NOAA’s Oil Spill Research and Response Missions

  Five ships, two aircraft and turtle rescue boats are currently active in the Gulf of Mexico July 28, 2010 NOAA continues to play a vital role in the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response, using all the scientific methods at its disposal, including …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

  NOAA: Past Decade Warmest on Record According to Scientists in 48 Countries

  Earth has been growing warmer for more than fifty years July 28, 2010 The 2009 State of the Climate report released today draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific evidence that our world is warming is …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

  NOAA Initiates Additional Actions to Improve Control of Asset Forfeiture Fund

  July 29, 2010 Building on the significant actions it has already taken, NOAA today released  a formal Corrective Action Plan for its Asset Forfeiture Fund, to ensure that monies collected from fisheries enforcement penalties are properly accounted for and …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

  NOAA: Gulf’s Surface Oil Not a Threat to Southern Florida, Keys and East Coast

  July 30, 2010 Southern Florida, the Florida Keys and the East Coast are not likely to experience any effects from the remaining oil on the surface of the Gulf as the oil continues to degrade and is hundreds of miles away from the loop current, according to …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

  NOAA Enforcement Summit Focuses on Effectiveness, Consistency, Transparency, and Communications

  August 3, 2010 NOAA’s National Enforcement Summit will bring together tomorrow more than 60 stakeholders from the commercial and recreational fishing industries, non-governmental organizations, and state and federal enforcement officials to focus on how …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

  NOAA: More Actions Needed to Help Western Steller Sea Lion Recover

  August 6, 2010 NOAA’s Fisheries Service says changes are needed to the areas where commercial fishermen may fish for groundfish off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands to further promote the recovery of the western population of Steller sea lions, and to be in …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

  NOAA: Second Warmest July and Warmest Year-to-Date Global Temperature on Record

  August 13, 2010 The combined global land and ocean surface temperature made this July the second warmest on record, behind 1998, and the warmest averaged January-July on record. The global average land surface temperature for July and January–July was …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

  Scientists Release the First Rescued, Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Back into the Gulf

  August 18, 2010 NOAA administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco and Adm. Thad Allen joined state, federal, and partner biologists today as they released 23 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles back into the Gulf of Mexico near Cedar Key, Fla., after the turtles were …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

  NOAA: More Fishing, Higher Consumption Might Help Reverse Lionfish Invasion

  Massive fishing effort also involves chefs to introduce “delicious” fish to consumers August 6, 2010 A new study looking at how to curb the rapid growth of lionfish, an invasive species not native to the Atlantic Ocean, suggests that approximately 27 …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

  NOAA Awards Grant to Investigate Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on Hypoxia in Green Bay, Lake Michigan

  August 10, 2010 Scientists researching the causes and effects of hypoxia in Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan, Wisc., have been awarded $348,037 for the first year of an anticipated four-year $1,367,300 project through NOAA’s Coastal Hypoxia Research …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

  NOAA Scientists Uncover Oscillating Patterns in Clouds

  Finding has implications for climate change August 11, 2010 A new NOAA study has found that rain clouds form synchronous patterns in which individual clouds in a large cloud field respond to signals from other clouds, much like chirping crickets or …

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• Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

  No Dead Zones Observed or Expected as Part of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

  Report Finds Decreased, but Stabilized Levels of Dissolved Oxygen in Gulf Areas with Subsurface Oil September 7, 2010 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Office of Science and …

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