November 9, 2011 NOAA's Patricia Lang prepares to measure greenhouse gas levels inside a flask that is part of NOAA's global air sampling network. Network measurements, made from remote sites around the world, are critical to NOAA …
November 9, 2011 NOAA has awarded a team of scientists $182,982 for the first year of an anticipated four-year $703,777 project for research that could lead to an instrument, called a biofilter, that could break down harmful algal toxins in the Great …
November 8, 2011 October 2011 temperature "divisional rank" maps. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) During October, a persistent upper-level weather pattern brought below-normal temperatures to the southeastern United …
November 8, 2011 Today, NOAA released a draft of its enforcement priorities and invited the public to submit comments through January 9. These enforcement priorities are the latest step NOAA is taking to improve its enforcement program, and will …
November 7, 2011 The Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, a partnership between NOAA and the University of Oklahoma, recently won a NOAA funding competition that extends the partnership for at least five and up to …
November 7, 2011 NOAA has awarded $125,614 for the first year of an anticipated $591,082, three-year project to New York scientists researching new methods of monitoring and predicting Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) caused by the toxic algae …
November 4, 2011 NOAA announced today that the high number of seal deaths that have occurred along the New England coast since September has been declared an “Unusual Mortality Event.” This will enable the agency to direct additional resources to …
November 3, 2011 Scientists at the University of Maine have been awarded $201,187 for the first year of an anticipated three-year $574,028 project to investigate methods that would provide early warning detection of toxic Alexandrium blooms, also …
November 3, 2011 Sea turtle escaping a net equipped with turtle excluder device (TED). Download here . (Credit: NOAA) The owners and operators of 18 shrimp trawlers were assessed civil penalties over the past two weeks for …
October 31, 2011 NOAA today released the final management plan and environmental assessment for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary in Washington state. The document provides a framework for the sanctuary to refine its research, education …
October 28, 2011 Dr. Larry Robinson , NOAA’s assistant secretary of commerce for conservation and management, and deputy administrator, announced today that he plans to step down effective November 18, returning to academia to resume his work …
October 28, 2011 America’s newest polar-orbiting satellite roared into orbit this morning, setting the stage for enhanced weather data NOAA scientists will use to develop life-saving severe weather forecasts days in advance. The NPOESS …
October 27, 2011 Pathology experts contracted by NOAA have identified the bacteria Brucella in five bottlenose dolphins that died in the northern Gulf of Mexico. These five are among the 580 dolphins in higher than expected strandings that …
October 27, 2011 Wintertime droughts are increasingly common in the Mediterranean region, and human-caused climate change is partly responsible, according to a new analysis by NOAA scientists and colleagues at the Cooperative Institute for …
October 27, 2011 NOAA’s Office of Weather and Air Quality has funded 12 multi-year proposals totaling $942,235 this year from university partners along with federal scientist collaborators to more rapidly and smoothly transfer new technology, …
October 26, 2011 NOAA has taken emergency action to increase the amount of skate that fishermen can land this year from 31 million to 48 million pounds, based on new scientific information showing an increase in the overall skate population …
October 25, 2011 Tim Arcano, the new director of NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER), is slated to begin Nov. 7. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA/OER.) Tim Arcano, an ocean engineer with extensive experience in …
October 25, 2011 Today, NOAA Fisheries issued the latest in a series of broad-scale economic reports, examining the economic health of the Northeast groundfish fishery as a whole. The report concludes that when all fishing across the region is …
October 25, 2011 NOAA today released the 2010 Final Report on the Performance of the Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery . This report builds upon earlier release of catch and value information for the 2010 groundfish season and …
October 21, 2011 New species of Anemonefish in Fagatele Bay. (Credit: DMWR - Doug Fenner) NOAA today released a comprehensive draft management plan and environmental assessment for Fagatele Bay National Marine …
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