April 16, 2012 A view of Delgada Canyon offshore Northern California, as portrayed in NOAA’s new online viewer. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA has made sea floor maps and other data on the world’s coasts, continental shelves and deep ocean available …
April 16, 2012 War of 1812 commemorative chart poster of New York harbor. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) As the nation kicks off maritime celebrations to commemorate the War of 1812, NOAA is releasing special navigation products that will help recreational …
April 17, 2012 NOAA today released a comprehensive draft management plan and environmental assessment for the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary for public review and comment. The plan, based on several years of scientific assessment and public input, will …
Former astronaut joins award-winning students April 17, 2012 21st century message in a bottle collects climate data Deputy NOAA Administrator Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan is joined by students Maggie Tobin, Heather Gaughan and Annie Harriman of Gates …
Exploration visits unexplored areas and gas seeps in northern Gulf of Mexico April 19, 2012 NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer conducts operations in the northern Gulf of Mexico. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) From today through April 28, the public can watch live …
The State of the Climate Summary Information is a synopsis of the collection of national and global summaries released each month. U.S. temperatures for April third warmest on record Past 12 months and first third of the year were warmest nation has …
Hawaii among six NOAA Earth Day drifter sites April 23, 2012 Students and teachers from Baldwin High School and Kihei Charter School in Maui deployed a NOAA ocean drifter today from a Trilogy Excursions vessel that departed from Lahaina Harbor. High …
Note: The data presented in this report are preliminary. Ranks and anomalies may change as more complete data are received and processed. Effective September 2012, the GHCN-M version 3.2.0 dataset of monthly mean temperature replaced the GHCN-M version 3.1 …
April 26, 2012 Asian tiger shrimp. (Credit / with permission from: Ryan Werner.) The recent rise in sightings of non-native Asian tiger shrimp off the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts has government scientists working to determine the cause of the …
April 27, 2012 A scuba diver swims amid a school of fish at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) A new rule prohibiting killing, injuring, touching or disturbing whale sharks and rays is part of the final …
Research yields new tool to achieve a Weather-Ready Nation May 1, 2012 Rapid Refresh (or RAP, lower right) performed better than the older RUC model (lower left) in predicting severe weather conditions that occurred in the Midwest on June 21, 2011 (upper …
Channel Islands National Marne Sanctuary among six NOAA Earth Day drifter launch sites 21st century "message in a bottle" collects climate data May 2, 2012 Fourth grade students learn more about NOAA's global ocean drifters. From their …
May 2, 2012 NOAA’s Fisheries Service is issuing two incidental harassment authorizations to Shell for energy exploration activities in shallow waters in the Arctic during a limited period this summer. The authorizations specify measures to protect marine …
Discovery has potential human health benefits May 2, 2012 NOAA scientists and their colleagues have discovered a biological marker in the blood of laboratory zebrafish and marine mammals that shows when they have been repeatedly exposed to low levels of …
May 9, 2012 Sea turtle escaping a net equipped with turtle excluder device (TED). Download here. (Credit: NOAA) NOAA’s Fisheries Service is accepting public comment on a proposed rule requiring turtle excluder devices (TEDs) for skimmer, pusher-head, and …
Scientists will explore role of storms in forming ozone chemicals that affect weather, climate May 15, 2012 Over the next 45 days, researchers will use radars, balloons, aircraft and ground vehicles for the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) study. …
Vast majority allows fishing, other activities May 16, 2012 New analyses of U.S. data show that the majority of our nation's MPAs allow human uses, including fishing, swimming and kayaking. Download here. (Credit: NOAA) New analysis of updated data has …
May 16, 2012 While most of the ship's wood has long since disintegrated, copper that sheathed the hull beneath the waterline as a protection against marine-boring organisms remains, leaving a copper shell retaining the form of the ship. The copper has …
Anniversary of Hurricane Andrew underscores necessity to prepare every year May 24, 2012 Conditions in the atmosphere and the ocean favor a near-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin this season, NOAA announced today from Miami at its Atlantic …
