October 21, 2011 This is a small moray eel in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Maui. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) A peer-reviewed study commissioned by NOAA shows …
October 21, 2011 Elkhorn coral, listed in 2006 as threatened on the Endangered Species Act, is still found within Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, but well below its historic population numbers. High Resolution (Credit: …
October 20, 2011 This bright yellow sea glider uses acoustic technology to detect the presence of beaked whales. Readying the instrument for deployment are (from left) Holger, Klinck, David Mellinger, Haru Matsumoto, and Joe Haxel, …
October 20, 2011 High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) The Southern Plains should prepare for continued drier and warmer than average weather, while the Pacific Northwest is likely to be colder and wetter than average from …
October 20, 2011 Ozone levels in the atmosphere above the South Pole dropped to a seasonal low of 102 Dobson Units Oct. 9, tied for the 10th lowest in the 26-year record. The ozone layer helps protect the planet’s surface from harmful …
October 19, 2011 “I heard the concerns expressed by local fishermen and Members of Congress, and today I am immediately announcing two actions to help improve management of New England groundfish and ease the economic burden of the fishery’s observer …
October 19, 2011 Researchers onboard the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution vessel R/V Tioga conducting a survey to map the distribution and abundance of toxic Alexandrium fundyense in the Gulf of Maine. (Credit: With permission from …
October 19, 2011 An X-ray image of the Sun from August 5, captured by a NOAA satellite. Three successive coronal mass ejections - big blasts of plasma from the Sun - exploded from a bright region near far right (circled in additional image ). …
October 19, 2011 Freighter entering Duluth Harbor, Minn. High Resolution (Credit: U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office) Studies of future climate change scenarios on the Great Lakes have pointed to falling water levels, …
October 18, 2011 Christopher Sabine, Ph.D. will become the third director of NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) in Seattle, Wash. on November 20. (Credit: NOAA) An environmental oceanographer who …
October 17, 2011 Wildfires. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA today announced three new Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) awards, totaling $11 million over five years, to climate science collaborations in …
October 13, 2011 The United States deeply regrets that Japan has decided to continue its controversial whaling in the Southern Ocean. The United States also expresses its deep concern about the possibility of violence in connection with such whaling …
October 13, 2011 Deep reefs, referred to as mesophotic coral ecosystems, can be found from 100-330 feet in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Pictured is a scamp grouper at 320 feet off the Dry Tortugas. High resolution (Credit: With …
October 13, 2011 Global surface temperature Anomalies - September 2011. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) The Earth experienced its eighth warmest September since record keeping began in 1880. The annual minimum Arctic sea ice extent …
October 13, 2011 Black seabass swims in Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) The southern third of NOAA’s 22-square mile Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the Georgia coast was designated …
October 7, 2011 Significant events for September 2011. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) During September, a persistent upper-level weather pattern brought above-average temperatures to the western third of the country, below- …
October 4, 2011 Logan Gregory, an 18-year veteran of NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement , has been named Special Agent in Charge of the agency’s Northeast Division, according to Enforcement Director Bruce Buckson. Gregory will start his new position in …
October 3, 2011 WRITTEN STATEMENT OF JANE LUBCHENCO, Ph.D. UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE AND NOAA ADMINISTRATOR NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ON NEW ENGLAND …
September 26, 2011 James A. Morris, Jr. Erin Oleson David Richardson (Credit: NOAA) Three NOAA scientists were named today as recipients of the 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers ( …
September 22, 2011 NOAA today announced the award of a contract to Triune-Beck, Joint Venture V of Dallas to build the new NOAA National Water Center on the campus of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. Amid growing economic and societal …
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