December 1, 2011 NOAA Arctic StarDot NetCam - Monday, July 5, 2010. Download here. (Credit: NOAA) An international team of scientists who monitor the rapid changes in the Earth’s northern polar region say that the Arctic is …
November 28, 2011 NASA MODIS image of Tropical Cyclone Gonu (June 4, 2007). Download here. (Credit: courtesy of NASA) A 'brown cloud' of pollution over the Indian Ocean resulting from human activities has led to …
November 28, 2011 Hurricane Irene - August 27, 2011 Hurricane Irene made landfall at approximately 7:30 am EDT on Aug. 27, 2011, near Cape Lookout, N.C. with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (Category 1). This NOAA GOES-13 satellite …
November 21, 2011 Florida scientists and veterinarians studying the causes of sea turtle deaths in the Gulf of Mexico have been awarded $227,793 for the first year of an anticipated three-year, $653,379 project to determine how the red tide toxin, or …
November 21, 2011 I am pleased to report that the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) made significant progress on key U.S. priorities to improve science, management of fish stocks and their ecosystems, monitoring …
November 16, 2011 Students pursuing applied research in NOAA-related scientific fields. (Credit: NOAA) NOAA’s Office of Education announced that it has awarded grants totaling $10.8 million to four lead minority-serving …
November 15, 2011 Global surface temperature Anomalies - October 2011. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) The globe experienced its eighth warmest October since record keeping began in 1880. Arctic sea ice extent was the second …
November 10, 2011 On September 8, 2011, NOAA announced that it will refer new law enforcement cases to administrative law judges (ALJs) from the Environmental Protection Agency. As noted in that announcement, cases docketed with the Coast Guard ALJs …
November 10, 2011 Scientists researching harmful algal bloom “hot spots” off southern and central California have been awarded $821,673 for the first year of an anticipated 5-year $4,076,929 project to investigate methods that could provide early …
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 …
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