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Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

New Research Aims to Unravel How Phosphorus Pollution Drives Toxic Blooms of Blue-Green Algae in the Great Lakes

August 3, 2010 NOAA has awarded New York-based Stony Brook University $285,895 as part of an anticipated three-year, nearly $500,000 project to determine how different kinds of phosphorous, a nutrient required by all plants for growth, trigger toxic blooms …

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Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

New Research to Improve Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in Puget Sound

August 3, 2010 NOAA has awarded $543,336 for two competitive grants to better understand and manage outbreaks of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) that threaten public health and fisheries in Puget Sound. The grants cover the first year of multi-year projects, …

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Published on February 26, 2013 - 15:49 GMT

NOAA Announces Funding to Model Effects of Sea Level Rise in Northern Gulf of Mexico

Study will identify impacts of rising water and erosion to coastal habitats and communities August 5, 2010 NOAA has awarded $750,000 for the first year of an anticipated $3 million research investment to develop the information and tools critically needed …

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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 Reopens More than 4,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area

August 27, 2010 Map of closed fishing area with reopening highlighted. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Today NOAA reopened 4,281 square miles of Gulf waters off western Louisiana to commercial and recreational fishing. The reopening was announced after …

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