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Nenana, Alaska, Receives NOAA?s 1,000th Weather Radio All-Hazards Transmitter
[6 Oct 2008 at 2:57pm]
Central interior Alaskan residents, visitors, barge captains and railroad operators now have access to weather information anytime, thanks to a new NOAA Weather Radio All-Hazards transmitter recently installed on Toghotthele Hill in Nenana, the 1,000th of these transmitters installed by NOAA.
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Federal Partners Announces Series of Open Houses on Potential Marine Conserva...
[1 Oct 2008 at 7:58am]
The federal government has organized a series of open houses to discuss the advisability of providing additional recognition or protection to the historic and scientific qualities of three specific marine areas in the Pacific. These public discussions were scheduled in response to President Bush?s memo to members of his Cabinet asking them to assess and recommend the appropriate future course in these three marine areas. The open houses are open to the press.
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Report to Congress Forecasts Shortage of Marine Scientists
[29 Sep 2008 at 11:14am]
The federal departments of Commerce and Education are forecasting a serious shortage of scientists trained to do the high-quality research required to rebuild fish stocks and restore marine species in the next decade.
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Award-Winning Technology Improves Air-Drop Targeting
[29 Sep 2008 at 9:35am]
Wind-forecast software from NOAA that improves the target accuracy of an aircraft drop system up to 70 percent and is now being used in both Iraq and Afghanistan has won a federal technology transfer award for four scientists at NOAA?s Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder.
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The Ocean Comes to the Mall
[25 Sep 2008 at 7:37am]
The Sant Ocean Hall ? opening September 27 at the Smithsonian Institution?s National Museum of Natural History ? combines 674 marine specimens and models, high-definition video experiences, one-of-a kind exhibits, and the newest technology, enabling visitors to explore the ocean?s past, present, and future as never before. The hall is the museum?s largest renovation since opening in 1910.
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NOAA and Nauticus Deploy "Smart Buoy? In the Elizabeth River near Norfolk, Va.
[26 Sep 2008 at 8:52am]
The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office will deploy a ?smart buoy? Sept. 26 in the Elizabeth River near downtown Norfolk to observe the river's changing conditions. The buoy, developed in partnership with the Nauticus museum, will be the southernmost buoy in NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS), a network that provides mariners, scientists and educators with real-time data about the Bay.
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NOAA Administrator Announces Resignation
[23 Sep 2008 at 3:05pm]
Retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, today announced his resignation, effective Oct. 31. Lautenbacher served as NOAA?s eighth Administrator for nearly seven years.
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Commerce Secretary Determines Blue Crab Disaster in Chesapeake Bay
[23 Sep 2008 at 2:29pm]
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today determined that a decline in the harvest of soft shell and peeler blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay is a commercial fishery failure. The declaration is an important step in making watermen and their communities eligible for economic assistance.
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Federal Agencies Map Plans to Address Marine Debris
[22 Sep 2008 at 9:52am]
EPA, NOAA and nine other federal agencies announced today the completion of an interagency report that guides the strategies of individual federal agencies and of the Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee (IMDCC) to prevent and reduce marine debris. The report also discusses marine debris efforts, recent progress and innovative ways to reduce the problem in the future.
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Testimony Speaking Order Published
[19 Sep 2008 at 2:27pm]
NOAA, an agency of the Commerce Department, has scheduled a public hearing on Sept. 22, 2008 in Del Mar, Calif. to receive public comments concerning a Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) consistency appeal filed by the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA). The hearing will be held in O?Brien Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, located at 2260 Jimmy Durante Boulevard, Del Mar, CA 92014. The hearing will begin at 10:30 a.m., and will continue until 8:30 p.m. PDT.
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NOAA?s National Weather Service to Launch California Hazardous Weather Awaren...
[19 Sep 2008 at 2:15pm]
NOAA?s National Weather Service forecast offices in California will conduct the second annual California Hazardous Weather Awareness Week Sept. 22-27 to raise public awareness about the dangers of hazardous weather conditions in the state and provide information to help protect life and property.
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NOAA Report Says Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary In ?Fair-to-Good? Co...
[18 Sep 2008 at 7:45am]
A new NOAA report on the health of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary indicates that the overall condition of the sanctuary?s marine life and habitats is ?fair to good,? but identifies several emerging threats to sanctuary resources, such as potential oil spills, invasive species, commercial development, climate change, and underwater noise pollution.
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NOAA Aids with Hurricane Ike Recovery
[19 Sep 2008 at 9:09am]
Responders from NOAA are on the move as residents and businesses in Texas and Louisiana recover from the effects of Hurricane Ike.
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NOAA: Above Average Temperatures in U.S. for August, Summer; Midwest Much Dri...
[16 Sep 2008 at 9:01am]
This June-August 2008 summer season was the 22nd warmest on record for the contiguous United States, according to an analysis by NOAA?s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Also, last month ended as the 39th warmest August for the contiguous United States, based on records dating back to 1895.
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Department of Energy to Provide Supercomputing Time to Run NOAA?s Climate Cha...
[8 Sep 2008 at 3:00pm]
The U.S. Department of Energy?s (DOE) Office of Science will make available more than 10 million hours of computing time for the U.S. Commerce Department?s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to explore advanced climate change models at three of DOE?s national laboratories as part of a three-year memorandum of understanding on collaborative climate research signed today by the two agencies.
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NOAA Historical Hurricane Tracks Web Site Helps Users Prepare for Big Storms
[8 Sep 2008 at 12:48pm]
As the U.S. coastal population continues to grow, so do the hazards when big storms approach. Now, an on-line tool, Historical Hurricane Tracks, helps users get a quick picture of coastal areas with the greatest frequency of hurricanes and tropical storms ? and that historical ?snapshot? can help community members and local emergency managers develop better plans for storm preparation and recovery.
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Effects of Microplastics on Marine Environment Focus of International Worksho...
[4 Sep 2008 at 8:08am]
Experts from the United States, Australia, Japan, Netherlands and the United Kingdom will gather at the University of Washington (UW) Tacoma Sept. 9-10 for the first-ever international workshop on the pervasive problem of microplastics in the marine environment. The workshop is sponsored by UW Tacoma and NOAA.
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NOAA Awards Santa Barbara Area Environmental Education Grants
[4 Sep 2008 at 7:58am]
NOAA has announced the presentation of seven education grants totaling nearly $374,000 to Santa Barbara Channel area schools and non-profit groups. The grants, part of NOAA?s Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program, will support environmental education projects focused on NOAA?s Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
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NOAA Awards San Francisco Bay Area Environmental Education Grants
[4 Sep 2008 at 7:56am]
NOAA has announced the presentation of 15 education grants totaling $799,000 to San Francisco area schools and non-profit groups. The grants, part of NOAA?s Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program, will support environmental education projects focused on NOAA?s Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank national marine sanctuaries, which are located off the north-central California coast.
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NOAA Awards Monterey Bay Area Environmental Education Grants
[2 Sep 2008 at 3:16pm]
NOAA has announced the award of 13 education grants totaling nearly $658,000 to Monterey Bay area schools and non-profit groups. The grants, part of NOAA?s Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program, will support environmental education projects focused on NOAA?s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, which is located off the central California coast.
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NOAA Honors Leader of New Hampshire Estuarine Reserve With Dr. Nancy Foster A...
[19 Aug 2008 at 12:32pm]
NOAA's Fisheries Service chief science adviser Steven A. Murawski today presented the 2008 Dr. Nancy Foster Habitat Conservation Award to Peter Wellenberger, manager of the NOAA Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, for his three decades of commitment to stewardship, research and outreach concerning our nation's estuaries.
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NOAA Announces New Southeast Marine Weather Web Site
[19 Aug 2008 at 9:19am]
NOAA has launched a one-stop Southeast Marine Weather Internet portal offering marine weather forecasts and real-time coastal wind and water condition information for the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
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NOAA: Fifth Warmest July on Record for Globe
[15 Aug 2008 at 2:02pm]
The combined average global land and ocean surface temperature for July 2008 tied with 2001 and 2003 as the fifth warmest July since worldwide records began in 1880, according to an analysis by NOAA?s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
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Maritime Heritage Expedition Underway at Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Mo...
[11 Aug 2008 at 2:58pm]
A 29-day research expedition is underway in the Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument through Aug. 28, 2008. Maritime archeologists from NOAA?s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries will conduct survey work to identify and assess shipwreck sites for the purposes of management and preservation.
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NOAA Research Expedition Seeks Details of Coral Disease Impacts in Florida Ke...
[11 Aug 2008 at 3:00pm]
Scientists from NOAA?s Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and partnering research institutions will embark on a nine-day research expedition Aug. 8 aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster to monitor the health of coral reefs along almost 200 miles of the Florida Reef tract, the largest coral reef in the continental United States.
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NOAA: U.S. Temperature Above Normal in July
[8 Aug 2008 at 8:58am]
July 2008 was the 30th warmest July for the contiguous United States, based on records dating back to 1895, according to an analysis by NOAA?s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The average July temperature ? 74.9 degrees F ? was 0.7 degrees above the 20th century mean, based on preliminary data.
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Updated Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Mapping Web Site Now Available As Survey...
[7 Aug 2008 at 1:22pm]
In a continuing effort to improve maritime safety and commerce in the northern Gulf of Mexico, NOAA has revised the Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Project Web site, an outlet for hydrographic survey data identifying risks posed by debris left in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Submerged marine debris is a threat to viable commercial fishing and shrimping activities in the northern Gulf of Mexico coastal zone.
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?Dam Cam? to Capture Removal of New Hampshire?s Merrimack Village Dam
[4 Aug 2008 at 12:35pm]
For more than 270 years, the Merrimack Village Dam in New Hampshire helped power saw mills, gristmills, a shoe factory and provided water for a chemical factory. No longer powering industry and scheduled for demolition, the dam has one last role to play ? that of movie star. Beginning this week, NOAA, in partnership with the Conservation Law Foundation, will capture live on camera the removal of the dam, opening up 14 miles of the Souhegan River from Milford to Merrimack, N.H., providing extensive habitat for river herring, Atlantic salmon, American shad and American eel.
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Interagency Report Aims to Reduce Impacts of Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms
[4 Aug 2008 at 11:03am]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Science and Technology Council released an interagency report today that presents a plan for minimizing the impacts of freshwater harmful algal blooms in the United States.
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Report: Offshore Aquaculture Would Benefit U.S. Economy
[29 Jul 2008 at 10:18am]
Aquaculture shows significant economic potential and good prospects for success in the United States, according to a new report commissioned by NOAA. The report?s authors call for clear rules to be enacted to guide the development of an offshore aquaculture industry.
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NOAA Offers Reward for Information on Sea Turtle Poaching
[29 Jul 2008 at 10:17am]
NOAA?s Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of persons poaching endangered sea turtles in the Territory of Guam and in the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands.
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Study: Reefs may ?Unglue? in Oceans with High Carbon Dioxide
[28 Jul 2008 at 3:59pm]
Cements that bind individual coral skeletons and larger coral reef structures are predominantly absent in waters with naturally high levels of carbon dioxide, making these reefs highly susceptible to a wearing down of their physical framework, say scientists with NOAAs Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, Fla. and other institutions.
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Scientists Use Naval Exercises to Learn More About How Marine Mammals React t...
[5 Aug 2008 at 8:48am]
NOAA?s Fisheries Service, in partnership with top international scientists and the U.S. Navy, has just completed a pioneering research effort in Hawaii to measure the biology and behavior of some of the most poorly understood whales on Earth. During the study, for the first time, scientists attached listening and movement sensors on marine mammals around realistic military operations.
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Survey Cruise Records Second-Largest "Dead Zone" in Gulf of Mexico Since Meas...
[28 Jul 2008 at 2:36pm]
NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium found the size of this year?s Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be 7,988 square miles, slightly smaller than the predicted record size of 8,800 square miles and similar to the area measured in 2007. Scientists think Hurricane Dolly?s wind and waves may have added oxygen to the zone to reduce its size.
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NOAA?s Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary Extends Public Comment Period on Draft Manag...
[24 Jul 2008 at 1:06pm]
NOAA?s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries has extended the period for public comment on the draft management plan and draft environmental assessment for Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary to Oct. 3, 2008. The original 90-day public comment period, during which eight public hearings were held throughout New England, was scheduled to end on Aug. 4, 2008.
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NOAA Deploys "Smart Buoy? Near Mouth of the Rappahannock River
[18 Jul 2008 at 11:27am]
The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office will deploy a "smart buoy" on Saturday at the mouth of the Rappahannock River to take observations of the Bay's changing conditions. A part of the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS), this is the fourth interpretative buoy to mark the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.
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Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska, and New Bedford, Mass. Remain Top Fishing Ports
[17 Jul 2008 at 1:00pm]
Commercial fishermen unloaded 777.2 million pounds of fish, primarily Alaskan pollock, at the port of Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska, making it the country?s top port for landings in 2007, NOAA?s Fisheries Service announced today. The port of New Bedford, Mass., claimed the top spot for value of landings, primarily due to sea scallops, bringing in $268 million in 2007. The total domestic commercial landings for 2007 were 9.2 billion pounds, valued at $4.1 billion.
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Seafood Consumption Declines Slightly in 2007
[17 Jul 2008 at 11:53am]
The average American ate 16.3 pounds of fish and shellfish in 2007, a one percent decline from the 2006 consumption figures of 16.5 pounds, according to a NOAA?s Fisheries Service study.
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NOAA Network Provides ?Fuel? Data for Solar Car Race
[15 Jul 2008 at 9:54am]
Instead of pulling into pit row for fuel, at least one team racing a solar-powered electric car in the 2,400-mile North American Solar Challenge will be relying on information provided by NOAA?s Surface Radiation Network for vital information about solar energy reaching the Earth?s surface ? and their car?s solar cells.
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Pennsylvania State University Awarded NOAA Sea Grant Institutional Program De...
[15 Jul 2008 at 9:36am]
NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program has designated Penn State University's Behrend College campus in Erie, Pa., as the Institutional Sea Grant Program for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Through this designation, Pennsylvania Sea Grant becomes the hub for marine and coastal sciences for the state and is responsible for long-term investments consistent with NOAA's national Sea Grant goals of environmental stewardship and responsible resource use.
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NOAA Begins Tracer Experiment at South Central Outfall, Delray Beach
[11 Jul 2008 at 11:35am]
Scientists from NOAA?s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami will conduct an experiment through Sunday that temporarily will color the water red along coastal waters off southeast Florida to investigate the plume emerging from the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Plant ocean outfall.
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NOAA?s Fisheries Service Issues Biological Opinion to Protect Willamette Basi...
[11 Jul 2008 at 11:45am]
NOAA?s Fisheries Service has issued guidelines and timetables for the three federal agencies involved in the management of 13 dams in northwestern Oregon?s Willamette River Basin that will allow the dams to be operated and maintained without threatening the continued existence of winter steelhead and chinook salmon, or harming their critical habitat.
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NOAA Joins with International Commission to Restore Muskegon Lake
[11 Jul 2008 at 10:27am]
Representatives from NOAA and the U.S.-Canadian Great Lakes Commission joined Michigan?s Lt. Gov. John Cherry today on the banks of Muskegon Lake to launch a new partnership to restore fish and wildlife habitat in the Great Lakes Region.
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New NOAA Coral Bleaching Prediction System Calls for Low Level of Coral Bleac...
[10 Jul 2008 at 2:59pm]
A new NOAA coral bleaching prediction system indicates that there will be some bleaching in the Caribbean later this year, but the event will probably not be severe. NOAA issued the first-ever seasonal coral bleaching outlook this week at the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
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Aerosol Toxins from Red Tides May Cause Long-Term Health Threat
[9 Jul 2008 at 9:23am]
NOAA scientists reported in the current issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives that an algal toxin commonly inhaled in sea spray, attacks and damages DNA in the lungs of laboratory rats. The findings document how the body?s way of disposing the toxin inadvertently converts it to a molecule that damages DNA. Human inhalation of brevetoxins produced by the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, is an increasing public health concern.
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NOAA Takes First Broad Look at Soot from Ships
[9 Jul 2008 at 8:34am]
Tugboats puff out more soot for the amount of fuel used than other commercial vessels, and large cargo ships emit more than twice as much soot as previously estimated, according to the first extensive study of commercial vessel soot emissions. Scientists from NOAA and the University of Colorado conducted the study and present their findings in the July 11 issue of the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
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Eastern Pacific Fishing Nations Fail to Conserve Tuna
[2 Jul 2008 at 12:39pm]
Rodney McInnis, Southwest Administrator of NOAA?s Fisheries Service and U.S. Commissioner to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), today expressed disappointment that a few countries blocked the Commission?s plan to conserve depleted tuna stocks.
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NOAA?s Office of Response and Restoration Poised to Respond as Hurricane Seas...
[2 Jul 2008 at 9:08am]
With the arrival of hurricane season, NOAA?s Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) is prepared to respond quickly to hazardous material spill incidents resulting from severe storm events. OR&R scientists work with federal, state and local agencies to provide scientific support and assistance before, during and after hurricanes strike.
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Shrewsbury Dolphins Need Room, Appear Healthy and Normal
[30 Jun 2008 at 8:59am]
NOAA experts are continuing to evaluate a group of bottlenose dolphins feeding in New Jersey?s Shrewsbury River. The biggest threat to them at the moment is the behavior of humans eager to commune with them, rather than lack of food, disorientation, entrapment in the river, or their apparent health.
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New High-Tech Research Ship to Serve NOAA?s Flower Garden Banks Sanctuary
[27 Jun 2008 at 9:25am]
Today, NOAA christened a new, state-of-the-art research vessel that will enhance the study and protection of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico. The 83-foot R/V Manta will operate out of Galveston, Texas, where the sanctuary is headquartered.
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Department of Commerce Decides Two Federal Consistency Appeals
[27 Jun 2008 at 8:15am]
The Department of CommerceThe Department of Commerce today issued decisions on two appeals of state objections involving the proposed construction and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals in Maryland and Massachusetts.
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NOAA Issues Rule to Prevent Overfishing of Atlantic Sharks
[19 Jun 2008 at 11:32am]
NOAA?s Fisheries Service today announced a new rule to lower significantly the fishing quotas for sandbar and porbeagle sharks in order to rebuild these depleted species. NOAA also will implement new regional quotas for the other large coastal sharks.
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NOAA Announces $1.4 Million Grants to Museums for Earth Science Exhibits
[18 Jun 2008 at 10:40am]
NOAA?s Office of Education is providing funding to eight science education institutions for exhibits incorporating NOAA?s Science On a Sphere® or Magic Planet® and new Earth System Science information. These exhibits, composed of globe shaped screens that use computers and video projectors to display planetary data, give children and adults an exceptional view of our ever changing world.
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NOAA Selects Two Universities for Arctic and Climate Research Programs
[12 Jun 2008 at 9:07am]
NOAA announced today the competitive selection of collaborative research partners at the Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (CIFAR) located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and the Cooperative Institute for Climate Science (CICS), in Princeton, N.J. The groups will join NOAA to conduct research in climate change, greenhouse gases, and changes to Arctic ice coverage.
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NOAA Launches Online Inventory of Marine Protected Areas
[10 Jun 2008 at 10:39am]
NOAA?s National Marine Protected Areas Center, in cooperation with the Department of the Interior, has created a first ever online inventory of the nation?s marine protected areas (MPAs). This unique, comprehensive inventory catalogs and classifies marine protected areas within US waters, and was developed with extensive input from state and federal MPA programs, as well as other publically available data.
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NOAA Confirms Caribbean Monk Seal Extinct
[6 Jun 2008 at 11:15am]
After a five year review, NOAA?s Fisheries Service has determined that the Caribbean monk seal, which has not been seen for more than 50 years, has gone extinct?the first type of seal to go extinct from human causes.
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President Bush Commends U.S. Ocean Action Plan Successes
[30 Sep 2008 at 11:45am]
President George W. Bush praised the successes of U.S. Ocean Action Plan, highlighting NOAA?s achievements in ocean conservation, and heralded the opening of the new Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian Institution?s Museum of Natural History.
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Pronounced Reduction in U.S. Drought
[18 Sep 2008 at 2:43pm]
NOAA?s latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows improved drought conditions over the Plains and the Midwest, in part due to tropical systems; lingering drought exists for the interior Southeast, south-central Texas, and Calif.
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Texas Coastline Photos
[17 Sep 2008 at 8:54am]
A collection of more than 4,000 aerial photos are now available showing the damaged Texas coastline in the wake of Hurricane Ike. This imagery was acquired by NOAA's Remote Sensing Division to support NOAA's national security and emergency response activities.
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NOAA Aids with Hurricane Ike Recovery
[17 Sep 2008 at 12:22pm]
Responders from NOAA are on the move as residents and businesses in Texas and Louisiana recover from the effects of Hurricane Ike.
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Globally, Summer Temperature Was Ninth Warmest
[16 Sep 2008 at 9:07am]
Summer 2008, the combined global average land and ocean surface temperature was the 9th warmest on record according to NOAA?s National Climatic Data Center. Also, this August was the 10th warmest.
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NOAA Assists with Gustav Recovery Efforts
[3 Sep 2008 at 2:44pm]
Responders from NOAA are on the move as residents and businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas assess the impacts of Hurricane Gustav.
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NOAA Proposes Alternatives to Protect Endangered Whales
[28 Aug 2008 at 11:57am]
NOAA issues environmental impact statement for the Ship Strike Reduction Rule, which aims to reduce the number of endangered North Atlantic right whales injured or killed by collisions with large ships.
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Life-Saving NOAA Radios in Schools
[19 Aug 2008 at 12:40pm]
NOAA and partnering federal agencies are now distributing NOAA Public Alert Radios to preschools, Head Start programs, nonpublic schools and central offices, K-12 school district offices, and post-secondary schools. Earlier distributions delivered a radio to every public school.
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?America's Ship for Ocean Exploration?
[13 Aug 2008 at 3:00pm]
Okeanos Explorer - the first federal ship dedicated solely to exploring the ocean - has been commissioned. The ship enables on shore scientists to participate in real-time exploration while viewing live images and other ocean data.
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Fay Downgraded to Tropical Depression
[22 Aug 2008 at 7:07am]
View the latest forecasts from NOAA's National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service as Fay brings heavy rain to parts of Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Tracking Tropical Storm Fay
[18 Aug 2008 at 6:44am]
Check with NOAA's National Hurricane Center for the latest forecast for Fay in the western Atlantic Ocean.
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NOAA Studies Marine Mammals? Reaction to Sonar
[6 Aug 2008 at 1:45pm]
NOAA's Fisheries Service, in partnership with top international scientists and the U.S. Navy, has completed a pioneering research effort in Hawaii to measure the biology and behavior of some of the most poorly understood whales on Earth.
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Edouard Weakening Over Texas
[5 Aug 2008 at 12:57pm]
Removed from its energy source - the warm Gulf of Mexico waters - Edouard will continue weakening as it moves across northern Texas. Though Edouard's winds will weaken, locally heavy rain will fall along its path.
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NOAA Responds to New Orleans Barge Collision Oil Spill
[24 Jul 2008 at 4:36pm]
NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration and the NOAA National Weather Service are on scene in New Orleans aiding in the response to the estimated 419,000 gallons of #6 fuel oil spilled the morning of July 23.
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NOAA Rapid Response Helps Ensure Safe Navigation
[25 Jul 2008 at 12:27pm]
NOAA's Office of Coast Survey's Navigational Response Teams are scanning the seabed of the Brownsville shipping channel for debris and other navigation hazards in the wake of Hurricane Dolly to ensure the safe passage of vessels in and out of the port.
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Weakening Dolly Moves Into Mexico
[25 Jul 2008 at 10:34am]
Rain and the threat of flooding will diminish across Southwest Texas as the remnants of Tropical Depression Dolly move westward across northern Mexico. NOAAWatch has the latest storm information.
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Warm June for Globe
[16 Jul 2008 at 9:49am]
Last month, the average global temperature was the 8th warmest June on record according to NOAA?s National Climatic Data Center. Also, globally it was the ninth warmest January ? June period on record.
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Record-Setting ?Dead Zone? Predicted
[15 Jul 2008 at 12:33pm]
Scientists expect this summer's Gulf of Mexico ?dead zone? off the coast of Louisiana and Texas could be the largest on record, reaching the size of New Jersey.
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June: Warm with Wet and Dry Extremes
[9 Jul 2008 at 2:20pm]
Last month was the 27th warmest June for the contiguous United States, according to NOAA?s National Climatic Data Center. Flooding rainfall in the Midwest during the month countered worsening drought in the Southeast, southern Plains and West.
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Tracking Tropical Storm Bertha
[14 Jul 2008 at 9:19am]
Check with NOAA's National Hurricane Center for the latest forecast for Bertha in the western Atlantic Ocean.
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Lightning Safety Awareness Week: June 22-28
[23 Jun 2008 at 9:41am]
Learn how to keep yourself safe during thunderstorms. If you hear thunder, you are within striking distance of the storm, so ?when thunder roars, go indoors.?
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Holiday Weekend Weather
[1 Jul 2008 at 11:23am]
Get your forecast through the Fourth of July holiday weekend from NOAA's National Weather Service.
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Latest Midwest Flooding Information
[16 Jun 2008 at 2:36pm]
View the current and projected river levels across the flooded Midwest as predicted by NOAA's National Weather Service.
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Tornado Season Could Be Record
[4 Jun 2008 at 9:57am]
This year may set records for tornadoes and tornado-related deaths. Only halfway through the season and there have already been 111 tornado-related deaths, making it the deadliest tornado season since 1998.
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It Was A Cool Spring for USA
[6 Jun 2008 at 3:23pm]
Temperatures from March to May were the 36th coolest on record for the contiguous United States, according to NOAA?s National Climatic Data Center. May alone was the 34th coolest on record.
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NOAA Primed for Summer Distress Calls
[4 Jun 2008 at 9:56am]
NOAA satellites are primed for an inevitable summer spike in distress signals from emergency locator beacons. Through May, 139 people have been rescued in the U.S. this year.
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Hurricane Preparedness
[2 Jun 2008 at 12:25pm]
Reduce the effects of a hurricane disaster. Learn what to do before, during and after a storm at NOAA?s Hurricane Preparedness Web site.
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Severe Storms for Central USA
[5 Jun 2008 at 8:55am]
NOAA's National Weather Service is forecasting severe weather through this weekend in parts of the central U.S. Be sure to have a NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards for life-saving warning information.
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?Acidified? Ocean Water Found on Continental Shelf
[22 May 2008 at 1:42pm]
Corrosive water caused by the ocean?s absorption of carbon dioxide was found less than 20 miles off the west coast of North America. ?Acidification? of ocean water could have far-reaching effects on the health of our near-shore environment and the ecosystems.
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New Study Finds Most North Pacific Humpback Whale Populations Rebounding
[22 May 2008 at 8:42am]
The number of humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean has increased since international and federal protections were enacted in the 1960s and 70s, according to a new report funded primarily by NOAA and conducted by more than 400 whale researchers throughout the Pacific region.
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NOAA Proposes Rule to Prevent Commercial Harvesting of Krill
[21 May 2008 at 4:17pm]
NOAA?s Fisheries Service issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register to prohibit the future harvesting of krill between three and 200 miles of the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington. Krill are a small shrimp-like crustacean and a key source of nutrition in the marine food web.
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Government Lab Selected to Develop Key NPOESS Sensor
[21 May 2008 at 1:36pm]
The NPOESS Integrated Program Office has selected the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to develop the microwave imager/sounder sensor planned for the next generation of polar-orbiting weather satellites. The sensor will bring improved data and imagery, paving the way for better weather forecasts, severe-weather monitoring and climate change assessment.
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Jason-2 Satellite Data to Help NOAA Track Global Sea Level
[20 May 2008 at 10:37am]
A new satellite set to launch next month will monitor the rate of sea-level rise and help measure the strength of hurricanes, according to a leading NOAA scientist. At a press briefing today, Laury Miller, chief of NOAA's Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, said NOAA will use data from the Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) to extend a 15-year record from two earlier altimeter missions that currently show sea level is rising at a rate of 3.2 mm/year ? nearly twice as fast as the previous 100 years. ?This rate, if it continues unchanged over the coming decades, will have a large impact on coastal regions, in terms of erosion and flooding,? said Miller.
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NOAA to Honor National Leaders in Sustainable Fisheries
[20 May 2008 at 9:32am]
NOAA's Fisheries Service announced today that it will honor seven people and two organizations for their efforts to enhance the understanding, protection, and sustainable use of U.S. ocean resources. This recognition is part of the agency?s third annual Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards program. NOAA?s leaders will present the awards at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on June 2.
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Dean, Felix, and Noel Retired From List of Storm Names
[13 May 2008 at 1:43pm]
The names Dean, Felix, and Noel, three of the most devastating storms of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, were retired by members of the 30th Session of the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee during its annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.
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NOAA Offers Grants for California Schools to Become Ocean Guardians
[13 May 2008 at 11:02am]
NOAA?s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries announced today it is offering ?Ocean Guardian? grants of up to $6,000 to a number of California schools whose students create a school or community-based conservation project that protects their local watershed and the ocean.
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Navy Technology to Help NOAA Find Sunken History
[13 May 2008 at 12:13pm]
U.S. Navy mine-hunting technology has a potential dual use to help NOAA find historic shipwrecks by allowing maritime archaeologists to ?see? below the seafloor. With greater resolutions and access to deeper depths, maritime archaeologists can better understand submerged cultural and historic resources without disturbing those sites.
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Draft Management Plan for NOAA?s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Re...
[6 May 2008 at 10:22am]
NOAA today released a comprehensive draft management plan and environmental assessment for Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary for public review and comment. Based on several years of scientific study and extensive public input, the plan recommends specific actions to address issues impacting the sanctuary.
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Key Climate Sensor Restored to NPOESS
[2 May 2008 at 1:07pm]
A sensor considered critical in monitoring global climate will be restored to the first satellite scheduled to fly in the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) top officials from NOAA, NASA, and the Air Force said yesterday.
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Arctic, Antarctic: Poles Apart in Climate Response
[2 May 2008 at 11:04am]
While the Arctic and the Antarctic experience similar greenhouse gas levels and solar radiation, each region responds in a dramatically different way, especially in temperature and loss of sea ice, says an international team of scientists that includes a NOAA oceanographer. While the Arctic is warming, most of Antarctica is not, largely because of the ozone hole, but projections indicate that is likely to change.
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?Fishery Failure? Declared for West Coast Salmon Fishery
[1 May 2008 at 11:37am]
Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez today declared a commercial fishery failure for the West Coast salmon fishery due to historically low salmon returns. Also today, NOAA?s Fisheries Service issued regulations to close or severely limit recreational and commercial salmon fishing in the area.
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NOAA Begins Ocean Data Integration Effort
[30 Apr 2008 at 9:26am]
NOAA has launched a major initiative to link together a wealth of ocean observation data from a wide variety of federal and non-federal sources.
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NOAA Employing New Tools to Accurately Measure Climate Change
[24 Apr 2008 at 8:07am]
NOAA today announced it will install the last nine of the 114 stations as part of its new, high-tech climate monitoring network. The stations track national average changes in temperature and precipitation trends. The U.S. Climate Reference Network (CRN) is on schedule to activate these final stations by the end of the summer.
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Carbon Dioxide, Methane Rise Sharply in 2007
[23 Apr 2008 at 11:28am]
Last year alone global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global climate change, increased by 0.6 percent, or 19 billion tons. Additionally methane rose by 27 million tons after nearly a decade with little or no increase.
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Draft Monument Management Plan Released For Public Review and Comment
[23 Apr 2008 at 10:37am]
In the spirit of Earth Day, Hawai?i Governor Linda Lingle, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett, and retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, gathered at Washington Place today to announce the availability of the Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument Draft Management Plan and associated Environmental Assessment for public review and comment.
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NOAA?s Fisheries Service Extends Decision on Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Listing
[21 Apr 2008 at 2:10pm]
NOAA?s Fisheries Service will extend the final decision on listing Cook Inlet beluga whales up to six months, which will give NOAA researchers time to prepare a 2008 population abundance estimate before the agency decides whether or not to list the population under the Endangered Species Act.
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NOAA and Partners Offer Unprecedented Online Collection of Scientific Researc...
[16 Apr 2008 at 2:29pm]
NOAA and partners have launched a comprehensive, user-friendly online resource featuring the latest scientific research conducted within three West Coast national marine sanctuaries.
The Web site, http://sanctuarysimon.org, integrates scientific monitoring data from Gulf of the Farallones, Cordell Bank and Monterey Bay national marine sanctuaries ? three contiguous, federally protected marine areas off California's northern central coast.
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NOAA?s Fisheries Service Says Herring in Lynn Canal Not Endangered
[15 Apr 2008 at 12:36pm]
Herring in Lynn Canal, near Juneau, Alaska, should not be listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act since they are similar to other herring populations in the area that are being considered for listing, according to NOAA?s Fisheries Service.
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Take a Virtual Tour of the National Hurricane Center
[9 Apr 2008 at 8:47am]
A tour of the NOAA National Hurricane Center is now as close as your computer with the inauguration of a new virtual online tour of the famous forecast center. The Web site, http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/nhctour.shtml, provides panoramic views of different areas of the facility, accompanied by audio and text descriptions.
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NOAA Invests Record Funding to Clean Up Miami?s Biscayne Bay
[8 Apr 2008 at 9:43am]
NOAA announced today that it will invest $200,000 in Florida?s Miami-Dade County to expand the scope of Baynanza, an annual celebration and cleanup of Biscayne Bay. The funding ? the largest NOAA contribution ever made towards a community marine debris cleanup project ? will support the large-scale removal of marine debris, such as abandoned vessels, docks and pilings, and other large items that cannot be bagged by volunteers.
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NOAA Aircraft to Probe Arctic Pollution
[7 Apr 2008 at 11:47am]
NOAA scientists are now flying through springtime Arctic pollution to find out why the region is warming ? and summertime sea ice is melting ? faster than predicted. Some 35 NOAA researchers are gathering with government and university colleagues in Fairbanks, Alaska, to conduct the study through April 23.
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NOAA?s Fisheries Service Seeks Comments on Loggerhead Sea Turtles
[2 Apr 2008 at 9:02am]
NOAA?s Fisheries Service has determined that a petition to reclassify loggerhead turtles in the western North Atlantic Ocean as a distinct population segment with endangered status may be warranted, and is seeking comments on the petition action. Currently, loggerhead turtles are listed as a threatened species throughout the world.
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NOAA Scientists Train African Team to be Fisheries Observers
[2 Apr 2008 at 9:01am]
A team of NOAA scientists traveled to Ghana this week to teach 40 government officials and university students to become trained marine resource observers, able to provide scientific data needed to manage their fish stocks.
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NOAA Studies Pollutants in Ice-Free Region of Arctic
[28 Mar 2008 at 8:52am]
A field study now under way is looking at the pollutants within the Arctic atmosphere ? called ?Arctic Haze? ? including their sources, concentrations, and climate impact, in an ice-free region.
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NOAA Ship Rude to Be Retired
[25 Mar 2008 at 10:11am]
A 90-ft. ship that helped bring closure to a grieving nation after two aircraft tragedies ? the loss of TWA flight 800 in July 1996 and John F. Kennedy Jr.?s aircraft in July 1999 ? will be decommissioned Mar. 25 after 41 years of service.
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NOAA?s Gray?s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Opens Public Comment Period on R...
[20 Mar 2008 at 10:54am]
The public is invited to provide input on the creation of a special research area in NOAA?s Gray?s Reef National Marine Sanctuary during a comment period open through April 21. If established, the research area would dedicate a portion of the sanctuary?s waters to scientific investigation and exploration.
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NOAA: Coolest Winter Since 2001 for U.S., Globe
[20 Mar 2008 at 8:10am]
The average temperature across both the contiguous U.S. and the globe during climatological winter (December 2007-February 2008) was the coolest since 2001, according to scientists at NOAA?s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. In terms of winter precipitation, Pacific storms, bringing heavy precipitation to large parts of the West, produced high snowpack that will provide welcome runoff this spring.
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NOAA to Test Humboldt County Tsunami Warning System on Mar. 26
[19 Mar 2008 at 3:31pm]
NOAA?s National Weather Service, in collaboration with the California Office of Emergency Services and the Humboldt County Sheriff?s office, will conduct a test of the tsunami warning system in coastal Humboldt County, Calif., between 10:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Wed., Mar. 26.
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NOAA Fisheries Service Agrees to Review Petition to Protect Smelt
[12 Mar 2008 at 3:01pm]
NOAA's Fisheries Service is formally accepting a petition from the Cowlitz Indian Tribe to list eulachon (smelt) populations in Washington, Oregon and California for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The tribe?s petition describes severe declines in smelt runs along the entire Pacific Coast, with possible local extinctions in California and Oregon
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NOAA Considers Case to Protect Five Puget Sound Rockfish Species
[12 Mar 2008 at 10:23am]
NOAA?s Fisheries Service is assembling a team of biologists to examine the decline of five Rockfish specifies in the Puget Sound and determine if it should formally propose listings under the Endangered Species Act. The assessment follows the acceptance of a petition filed by a Washington citizen.
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NOAA to Close NJ Tautog Fishery April 1
[11 Mar 2008 at 2:50pm]
NOAA?s Fisheries Service found that the State of New Jersey has failed to implement measures necessary to fulfill its responsibilities under the tautog interstate fishery management plan which are crucial for conservation of the salt water fish. As a result, NOAA will close New Jersey?s commercial and recreational fishery for tautog on April 1.
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Changes in Ocean Conditions in Sargasso Sea Potential Cause for Decline in Ee...
[6 Mar 2008 at 2:46pm]
American eels are fast disappearing from restaurant menus as stocks have declined sharply across the North Atlantic. While the reasons for the eel decline remain as mysterious as its long migrations, a recent study by a NOAA scientist and colleagues in Japan and the United Kingdom says shifts in ocean-atmosphere conditions may be a primary factor in declining reproduction and survival rates.
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NOAA Helps Nat?l Coral Reef Institute to Grow Coral in Laboratory to Restore ...
[28 Feb 2008 at 4:21pm]
Scientists at the National Coral Reef Institute are currently growing more than 400 corals from the larval stage as part of NOAA-funded research, and will transplant them to restore damaged coral reefs. "NOAA strongly supports research that will help managers develop new tools to address coral restoration," said retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. "In this Year of the Reef, such innovative approaches may provide a new way forward to protecting these valuable resources."
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Innovative Technology to Bring NOAA Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to...
[27 Feb 2008 at 3:04pm]
NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program will use innovative Internet and satellite technology to transport students across the country to a scientific expedition in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The experience, which will feature the use of broadcasts from autonomous underwater vehicles, will be accessible on the Internet and telecast to a network of partner Boys and Girls Clubs across the nation via satellite from Mar. 2?7.
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NOAA?s Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Citizen Steward...
[25 Feb 2008 at 1:35pm]
NOAA?s Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary is now recruiting volunteers for its Beach Watch shoreline monitoring program, which played a key role in the response to the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill. Orientations and training will be held beginning this spring at several San Francisco Bay Area locations.
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NOAA Partners with New Shellfish Research Institute to Examine Ecological Eff...
[22 Feb 2008 at 12:41pm]
NOAA?s Milford Laboratory and the newly formed East Coast Shellfish Growers Research Institute have teamed up to study how growing and harvesting shellfish will affect the marine ecosystem. The partnership reaffirms the Bush Administration's support for a robust and healthy aquaculture industry, a focal point of President Bush's Ocean Action Plan.
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M 5.2, Tonga
[1 Oct 2008 at 11:16pm]
October 02, 2008 04:16:08 GMT
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