January 5, 2010 NHC Director Bill Read provides the TV audience with the latest information on Hurricane Ida, Nov. 2009. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA’s National Hurricane Center in Miami will issue watches and warnings for tropical storms and …
Agency Seeks Comments January 5, 2010 NOAA’s Fisheries Service is seeking public comment on a proposed rule to expand critical habitat for the endangered leatherback sea turtle by designating more than 70,000 square miles in three areas in the Pacific …
Agency accepting public comment January 6, 2010 NOAA’s Fisheries Service today announced that it will consider listing Atlantic sturgeon as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. The agency received a petition from the Natural …
January 8, 2010 Snowfall accumulation from the Dec. 18-21, 2009 storm. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) To the surprise of no one affected by the Dec. 18-20, 2009 system that dumped heavy snow from the mid-Atlantic to southern New England, NOAA has rated the …
Future Home of Channel Islands Sanctuary Office and Outreach Center January 11, 2010 NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco and the University of California, Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry T. Yang broke ground today on the new 15,000-square foot Ocean Science …
January 11, 2010 San Clemente Dam on California's Carmel River. High resolution (Credit: NOAA.) NOAA joined state and local officials today in a pledge to remove the San Clemente Dam to eliminate a threat to the lives and property of those along …
2009 yearly precipitation and temperature above average January 12, 2010 NOAA’s State of the Climate report shows the December 2009 average temperature for the contiguous United States was 30.2 degrees F, which is 3.2 degrees F below average. Last month’s …
January 12, 2010 Derelict fishing gear snagged on a coral reef at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. High resolution (Credit: NOAA PIFSC CRED.) Today, NOAA and several partners in Hawaii announced a comprehensive long-term plan to …
January 14, 2010 NOAA joined federal, state, and local groups on Wednesday in Alviso, Calif., on the shores of San Francisco Bay to view the breaching of an earthen levee at a South Bay salt pond, an important step in the $7.6 million Recovery Act project …
January 15, 2010 NOAA’s fleet of satellites played a vital role in the rescues of 195 people during life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters in 2009. In each incident, NOAA satellites pinpointed these downed …
Underwater Communication Network May Sense Tsunamis January 19, 2010 Tsunamis send electric signals through the ocean that appear to be sensed by the vast network of communication cables on the seabed, according to a new study led by Manoj Nair of the …
$500 Reward Offered for Returning Whole Tagged Fish January 27, 2010 Larry Alade of NEFSC prepares the conventional t-bar tags for insertion. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Researchers are working with commercial fishermen to put electronic tags on …
January 27, 2010 NOAA awarded the University of Hawaii at Manoa Kewalo Marine Laboratory a $199,996 grant to address the effects of land-based sources of pollution on coral reefs in the Pacific. The money will fund the first year of a five-year, $1 million …
February 8, 2010 In a press conference earlier today, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco unveiled a new Web site that will serve as a single point-of-entry for NOAA’s climate information, data, products and services. This …
Message from NOAA Administrator, Dr. Jane Lubchenco February 10, 2010 Eric Schwaab, Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries. High Resloution (Credit: NOAA) It gives me great pleasure to announce Eric Schwaab as the new assistant administrator for …
January 28, 2010 A 10 percent drop in water vapor ten miles above Earth’s surface has had a big impact on global warming, say researchers in a study published online January 28 in the journal Science. The findings might help explain why global surface …
January 29, 2010 NOAA notified the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a letter sent today that, consistent with GAO’s recommendations, NOAA will conduct an assessment of whether there was a practicable alternative to awarding a lease to the Port of …
Storm Surge and Flooding Prediction Dropped in New Scale February 17, 2010 Senior Hurricane Specialist Jack Beven discusses the forecast track of Hurricane Bill with hurricane specialist unit branch chief James Franklin and NHC director Bill Read, August, …
Will lead delegation to June meeting in Morocco February 19, 2010 Monica Medina, Commerce Department principal deputy under secretary for oceans and atmosphere, has been appointed the U.S. commissioner for the International Whaling Commission by President …
Bell M. Shimada to support marine research on the West Coast February 2, 2010 NOAA's newest fisheries survey vessel, Bell M. Shimada. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA has taken delivery of Bell M. Shimada, the agency’s newest high-tech fisheries …
