May 22, 2012 NOAA Ship Fairweather worked around the clock while acquiring Kotzebue data during the summer of 2011. Download here . (Credit: NOAA.) NOAA formally presented today to Alaska officials a new nautical chart for …
May 18, 2012 Rick Knabb, Ph.D., the new director of NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. Download here . (Credit: Weather Channel.) NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., today announced Rick Knabb, Ph.D., as the next director of …
May 18, 2012 National Safe Boating Week Campaign Logo. Download here . (Credit: North American Safe Boating Campaign.) NOAA’s National Weather Service and the National Safe Boating Council (NSBC) have partnered again to encourage …
May 17, 2012 NOAA scientists will use data from a new Japanese polar-orbiting satellite launched earlier today from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, to help forecast severe storms, monitor the decline of Arctic sea ice, and predict the onset of …
May 17, 2012 The carefully chiseled groove around the basin head’s manhole allowed the manhole cover to fit flush with the slab’s surface. Download here . (Credit: NOAA/SBNMS and NURTEC-UConn) The wreck of the Lamartine , a 19th …
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. …
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 shown that eight …
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. Download here . (Credit: NOAA) Today marks the beginning of a …
May 14, 2012 A record six fish populations were declared rebuilt to healthy levels in 2011, bringing the number of rebuilt U.S. marine fish populations in the last 11 years to 27, according to a report to Congress out today from NOAA’s Fisheries …
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) …
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 domoic acid, which is potentially …
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 …
May 2, 2012 Fourth grade students learn more about NOAA's global ocean drifters. From their classroom, they'll be able to track the drifter as it travels around the world ocean. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) …
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 right). High resolution (Credit: …
May 1, 2012 NOAA’s National Weather Service has improved its ability to support the Tampa Bay community and its ecologically valuable environments before, during and after severe weather and other disasters. As part of its Weather-Ready Nation …
April 30, 2012 Yellowtail flounder live on the ocean floor and especially prefer sandy bottoms. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA will take several steps that may help minimize the economic loss for commercial fishermen who …
April 27, 2012 Key Biscayne Students pose with the NOAA difter. (Credit: NOAA) In celebration of Earth Day, three area students deployed a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ocean drifter today, contributing …
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 …
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 …
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 resolution (Credit: NOAA) …
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