http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2007/The latest news releases from NOAA - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationen-usNoneNOAA Webmaster <webmaster@noaa.gov>NOAA Webmaster <webmaster@noaa.gov>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:19:15 GMTTue, 13 May 2008 17:13:34 GMTfederal governmentFeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.4) http://www.feedforall.comhttp://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2007/http://www.noaa.gov/images/noaa_badge.pnghttp://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2007/NOAA emblem144144http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080513_guardians.htmlNOAA’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. ocean conservation, National Marine Sanctuaries, grants http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080513_guardians.htmlTue, 13 May 2008 16:02:48 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080512_navy.htmlU.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. AUV, research, historic shipwreckshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080512_navy.htmlTue, 13 May 2008 17:13:34 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080512_hollings.htmlNOAA has awarded scholarships to 111 students from 36 states through the agency’s 2008 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship program. scholarship programhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080512_hollings.htmlMon, 12 May 2008 14:05:55 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080506_stellwagen.htmlNOAA 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.Stellwagen bank national marine sanctuary, environment, researchhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080506_stellwagen.htmlTue, 06 May 2008 15:22:05 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080505_salmon.htmlNOAA's Fisheries Service, the federal agency charged with protecting Northwest salmon listed under the Endangered Species Act, released today a trio of biological opinions that provide comprehensive, far-reaching plans for the protected salmon species.fish, fisherieshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080505_salmon.htmlMon, 05 May 2008 18:08:00 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080502_npoess.htmlA 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.climate, researchhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080502_npoess.htmlFri, 02 May 2008 18:07:20 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080502_arctic.htmlWhile 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.arctic, antarctic, research, sea ice, climate, greenhouse gashttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080502_arctic.htmlFri, 02 May 2008 16:04:20 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080501_fisheryfailure.htmlSecretary 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.salmon, fishery, salmon fishing, commercial fishinghttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080501_fisheryfailure.htmlThu, 01 May 2008 16:37:43 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080430_oceandata.htmlNOAA has launched a major initiative to link together a wealth of ocean observation data from a wide variety of federal and non-federal sources.research, ocean observationhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080430_oceandata.htmlWed, 30 Apr 2008 14:26:52 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/images/lautenbacher_remarks.pdfRemarks by VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., US Navy (Ret.) to the Maryland Space Business Roundtable; April 29, 2008. VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Maryland Space Business Roundtablehttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/images/lautenbacher_remarks.pdfTue, 29 Apr 2008 17:21:33 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080428_arlington.htmlArlington County, Va., has become the fifth Washington, D.C., metropolitan county to become StormReady, making more than 63 percent of metro Washington D.C. StormReady.stormready, weatherhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080428_arlington.htmlMon, 28 Apr 2008 18:31:23 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080424_climatechange.htmlNOAA 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.climate change, researchhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080424_climatechange.htmlThu, 24 Apr 2008 13:07:11 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080423_methane.htmlLast 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. atmospheric carbon dioxide, methane, researchhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080423_methane.htmlWed, 23 Apr 2008 16:28:23 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080423_monumentplan.htmlIn 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 Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Draft Management Plan and associated Environmental Assessment for public review and comment. Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080423_monumentplan.htmlWed, 23 Apr 2008 15:37:35 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080421_beluga.htmlNOAA’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.beluga whale, research, Endangered Species Act, Cook Inlethttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080421_beluga.htmlMon, 21 Apr 2008 19:10:18 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080417_shark.htmlNOAA’s Fisheries Service has outlined new measures to prevent overfishing and rebuild the number of sandbar and other shark species. The public may comment on the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) until May 19.shark, overfishinghttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080417_shark.htmlThu, 17 Apr 2008 20:10:43 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080416_simon.htmlNOAA 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. sanctuaries, sanctuaryhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080416_simon.htmlWed, 16 Apr 2008 19:29:03 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080416_coralclimate.htmlCoral experts from the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Florida will gather at a NOAA-hosted workshop this month to share strategies for mitigating and managing the impacts of coral bleaching and climate change on reefs in the Caribbean and other regions.coral bleachinghttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080416_coralclimate.htmlWed, 16 Apr 2008 18:51:58 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080415_herring.htmlHerring 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.herring, Lynn Canal, Endangered Species Acthttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080415_herring.htmlTue, 15 Apr 2008 17:36:29 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080409_nhctour.htmlA 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.hurricane, weatherhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080409_nhctour.htmlWed, 09 Apr 2008 13:47:32 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080408_biscaynebay.htmlNOAA 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. Biscayne Bay, marine debris cleanup projecthttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080408_biscaynebay.htmlTue, 08 Apr 2008 14:43:47 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080407_arctichaze.htmlNOAA 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.Arctic pollutionhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080407_arctichaze.htmlMon, 07 Apr 2008 16:47:32 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080404_papahana.htmlThe fragile and unique marine ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands encompassed by the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument will receive additional protection under a new internationally recognized designation announced today by NOAA. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monumenthttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080404_papahana.htmlFri, 04 Apr 2008 17:46:50 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080402_loggerhead.htmlNOAA’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.fisheries, fish, sea turtlehttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080402_loggerhead.htmlWed, 02 Apr 2008 14:02:29 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080402_africanteam.htmlA 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.fisheries, fishhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080402_africanteam.htmlWed, 02 Apr 2008 14:01:20 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080328_charts.htmlNOAA's National Ocean Service is launching today a new multimedia elementary educational program, Nautical Charts, at the annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association in Boston.chartshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080328_charts.htmlFri, 28 Mar 2008 17:40:49 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080328_arctichaze.htmlA 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. arctic atmosphere, pollutantshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080328_arctichaze.htmlFri, 28 Mar 2008 13:52:50 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080325_rude.htmlA 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.shiphttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080325_rude.htmlTue, 25 Mar 2008 15:11:02 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080326_ribbonseal.htmlNOAA’s Fisheries Service has accepted a petition from a California environmental group seeking protection under the Endangered Species Act for an ice seal called the “ribbon seal” that inhabits Alaska’s Bering Sea.ribbon seal, Endangered Species Act http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080326_ribbonseal.htmlWed, 26 Mar 2008 16:32:54 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/images/fedregisterseal2.pdf Federal Register notice, ribbon sealhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/images/fedregisterseal2.pdf Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:10:59 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080321_protected.htmlThe Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Department of the Interior, has appointed 13 new members to the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee. The agency has also reappointed one member to a new two-year term. Marine Protected Areashttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080321_protected.htmlFri, 21 Mar 2008 17:47:46 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080321_papahana.htmlSecretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne has announced that the crown jewel of NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary System, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, is one of two sites he is considering to officially nominate for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List. National Marine Sanctuary System, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, UNESCO World Heritage Listhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080321_papahana.htmlFri, 21 Mar 2008 15:18:12 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080320_grayreef.htmlThe 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.Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuaryhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080320_grayreef.htmlThu, 20 Mar 2008 15:54:39 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080313_coolest.htmlThe 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.climatological winterhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080313_coolest.htmlThu, 20 Mar 2008 13:10:48 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080319_tsunami.htmlNOAA’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.tsunami warning systemhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080319_tsunami.htmlWed, 19 Mar 2008 20:31:15 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080317_landcover.htmlA NOAA survey of land use along U.S. coasts shows that 53 percent of the new development between 1996 and 2001 occurred along the Southeastern U.S. coast between Texas and North Carolina.land cover, costal developmenthttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080317_landcover.htmlMon, 17 Mar 2008 18:19:35 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080312_smelt.htmlNOAA'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 Oregoneulachon, smelt, endangered species acthttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080312_smelt.htmlWed, 12 Mar 2008 20:01:31 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080312_rockfish.htmlNOAA’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.rockfish, Puget Sound, Endangered Species Acthttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080312_rockfish.htmlWed, 12 Mar 2008 15:23:43 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080311_tautog.htmlNOAA’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.fish, fisherieshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080311_tautog.htmlTue, 11 Mar 2008 19:50:19 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080311_student.htmlNOAA’s Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary has awarded the Farallones Young Marine Scientist Award to seventh-grade student Noe Manley for her entry which compared a fish’s size to its breathing rate in the 26th annual San Francisco Middle School Science Fair.Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Farallones Young Marine Scientist Awardhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080311_student.htmlTue, 11 Mar 2008 13:48:32 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080310_prepare.htmlNOAA and the U.S. Air Force Reserve will host a series of public events the week of March 23rd in five coastal communities in Mexico and the Caribbean to urge residents to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season. hurricane preparedness, Caribbeanhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080310_prepare.htmlMon, 10 Mar 2008 15:51:05 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080306_divers.htmlNOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and the U.S. Army Dive Company are joining forces this month to repair buoy moorings, remove trash from dive sites, and install listening devices to track fish in national marine sanctuaries off Florida and Georgia.debris removal, marine sanctuarieshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080306_divers.htmlThu, 06 Mar 2008 21:36:10 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080306_eel.htmlAmerican 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.American eel fisheryhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080306_eel.htmlThu, 06 Mar 2008 20:46:00 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080306_whiteorca.htmlScientists aboard the NOAA research vessel Oscar Dyson in the North Pacific have sighted a creature of great rarity and even myth: a white whale.white killer whalehttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080306_whiteorca.htmlThu, 06 Mar 2008 20:23:40 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080305_sealion.htmlNOAA’s Fisheries Service has published its new Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan to help restore the endangered population in western Alaska and provide further improvements to the threatened population across eastern Alaska.stellar sea lion, Alaskahttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080305_sealion.htmlWed, 05 Mar 2008 19:13:30 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080303_salmon.htmlNOAA scientists are reviewing unusual environmental conditions in the Pacific Ocean as the likely culprit for the dramatically low returns of Chinook and coho salmon to rivers and streams along the West Coast of the United States last year.salmonhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080303_salmon.htmlMon, 03 Mar 2008 20:56:01 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080229_hurricane.htmlFor the first time, America’s entire fleet of aircraft that fly through hurricanes now have instruments that measure surface winds, giving forecasters at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center a better view of the intensity and the size of these powerful storm systems. hurricane hunter, National Hurricane Centerhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080229_hurricane.htmlFri, 29 Feb 2008 16:21:19 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080228_coral.htmlScientists 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."coralhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080228_coral.htmlThu, 28 Feb 2008 22:21:40 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080228_worldbank.htmlNOAA and the World Bank today announced that they have signed an agreement to work together to help developing nations manage water resources, combat drought, and measure changes in climate. water resources, World Bank, drought, climatehttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080228_worldbank.htmlThu, 28 Feb 2008 19:03:02 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080227_monterey.htmlNOAA'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. virtural classroom, National Marine Sanctuary Program, Monterey Bayhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080227_monterey.htmlWed, 27 Feb 2008 21:04:18 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080225_farallones.htmlNOAA’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. Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, volunteeers http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080225_farallones.htmlMon, 25 Feb 2008 19:35:52 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080225_humpback.htmlMore than 700 volunteers gathered data from the shores of Oahu, Kauai, the Big Island, and Kahoolawe for Saturday’s annual Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Count. humpback whale, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuaryhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080225_humpback.htmlMon, 25 Feb 2008 16:38:11 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080222_shellfish.htmlNOAA’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.Milford Laboratory, shellfish, marine ecosystem, East Coast Shellfish Growers Research Institutehttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080222_shellfish.htmlFri, 22 Feb 2008 18:41:13 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080222_hurricane.htmlA team of scientists have found that the economic damages from hurricanes have increased in the U.S. over time due to greater population, infrastructure, and wealth on the U.S. coastlines, and not to any spike in the number or intensity of hurricanes.hurricane, econimic damage, studyhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080222_hurricane.htmlFri, 22 Feb 2008 14:40:33 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080221_gases.htmlThis month more than 30 scientists will embark on a research cruise to the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, where they will be battling nature’s elements to study how gases important to climate change move between the atmosphere and the ocean under high winds and seas.Ronald H Brown, southern ocean research cruisehttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080221_gases.htmlThu, 21 Feb 2008 19:19:44 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080220_awards.htmlNOAA has selected the recipients of the 2008 Walter B. Jones Awards and NOAA Awards for Excellence in Coastal and Ocean Management. These biennial awards recognize coastal stewards, graduate students, state and local government, and non-governmental organizations for their outstanding efforts in coastal and ocean management.NOAA awards, coastal and ocean managementhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080220_awards.htmlWed, 20 Feb 2008 18:21:42 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080215_lowoxygen.htmlA team of scientists studying the California Current – a slow-moving mass of cold water that travels south along the coast from British Columbia to Baja California – are seeing increasing areas of water off Washington and Oregon with little or no oxygen, possibly resulting in the deaths of marine animals that cannot leave the low-oxygen areas.anoxia, northwest coasthttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080215_lowoxygen.htmlFri, 15 Feb 2008 16:25:50 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080214_coolwet.htmlThe average temperature across the contiguous U.S. during January 2008 was near average (ranking the 49th coolest) and the 31st warmest on record globally, according to an analysis by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Temperatures throughout most of the western U.S. were cooler than average and warmer than normal in the Northeast.temperature, precipitationhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080214_coolwet.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2008 18:57:25 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080213_shelloil.htmlNOAA and the Shell Oil Company have signed a cooperative agreement to place meteorological and oceanographic observation sensors on seven Shell oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Once installed, the suite of observation equipment will become a vital component of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), providing valuable data for use in hurricane research, forecasting, and coastal resource management.ocean observation, gulf of mexico, shell oil company http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080213_shelloil.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2008 19:40:10 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080212_thankyou.htmlThe California Resources Agency and NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program have been honored for their joint “Thank You Ocean” campaign, which encourages Californians to learn about and respect the ocean.national marine sanctuary program, thank you ocean campaignhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080212_thankyou.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2008 15:14:02 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080212_kyger.htmlBen Kyger has been selected to manage the day-to-day operations of the nation’s weather and climate supercomputers that give federal, private and broadcast meteorologists the latest forecasts and models for national weather, daily air quality, U.S. hazards assessments, drought, hurricane, and seasonal outlooks.ben kyger, climate and weather supercomputerhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080212_kyger.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2008 15:12:30 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080211_p3.htmlIn an effort to improve forecasts released 12 and 72 hours before a winter storm, NOAA is flying its WP-3D “hurricane hunter” aircraft into severe weather over the Pacific Ocean from a temporary base in Portland, Ore. The aircraft is acquiring atmospheric data from severe winter storms originating over the Pacific Ocean that will affect the continental United States. winter storms, P3, hurricane hunterhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080211_p3.htmlMon, 11 Feb 2008 21:29:02 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080211_balsiger.htmlJames W. Balsiger has been appointed as acting assistant administrator for NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service, directing federal scientists and regulators responsible for managing commercial and recreational ocean fishing and the protection of marine mammals, sea turtles and their habitat.james balsiger, national marine fisheries servicehttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080211_balsiger.htmlMon, 11 Feb 2008 21:00:37 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080207_corals.htmlElkhorn and staghorn corals, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in May 2006, will benefit from the designation of newly proposed critical habitat. NOAA is seeking public comment on its proposal, which identifies approximately 4,931 square miles of marine habitat in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as critical habitat for the threatened corals – a requirement of the ESA.elkhorn staghorn coralshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080207_corals.htmlThu, 07 Feb 2008 15:12:40 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080205_oregon.htmlNOAA's Fisheries Service will list Oregon coast coho as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act. fisheries, cohohttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080205_oregon.htmlTue, 05 Feb 2008 16:16:52 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080205_idahoradio.htmlResidents and visitors in southeast central Idaho now have immediate access to weather information thanks to a new NOAA Weather Radio-All Hazards transmitter, recently installed at Mt. Baldy near Salmon, Idaho.weather, radiohttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080205_idahoradio.htmlTue, 05 Feb 2008 16:15:59 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080131_sealpups.htmlNOAA’s Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary advises beachgoers against interacting with any seal pups they may find on the beach. Newborn harbor seal pups, born in late winter and spring, could suffer permanent harm if someone not licensed in marine mammal rescue were to move them.harbor seal pup conservationhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080131_sealpups.htmlThu, 31 Jan 2008 17:22:51 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080130_maxson.htmlNOAA has named Robert Maxson director of the Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, the nation’s primary source of weather information for domestic and international flights. Maxson will leave his post as a research pilot with the National Science Foundation in Boulder, Colo. and begin his new duties at NOAA on Feb. 4.robert maxson, aviation weather centerhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080130_maxson.htmlWed, 30 Jan 2008 17:05:18 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080128_sanctuary.htmlMore than 600 volunteers gathered data from the shores of Oahu, Kauai, the Big Island, and Kahoolawe for Saturday’s annual Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Count on Jan. 26.humpback whales, Hawaiian islands, national marine sanctuaryhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080128_sanctuary.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2008 18:55:21 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080128_channel.htmlNOAA’s Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary has extended the deadline to Feb. 10 for applications for the tourism alternate and Chumash Community member and alternate positions on its advisory council.channel islands national marine sanctuary, advisory councilhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080128_channel.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2008 16:02:15 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080122_westerholm.htmlDavid Westerholm, former chief of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Response, has been named the new director of NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration. david westerholm, NOAA office of response and restorationhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080122_westerholm.htmlTue, 22 Jan 2008 21:36:18 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080122_npoess.htmlNOAA’s top official today expressed concern that a contractor’s slow development of a critical new sensor will delay its delivery for a scheduled launch of a precursor mission for the National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). NPOESS satellite, contractorhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080122_npoess.htmlTue, 22 Jan 2008 19:25:16 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080122_warmeroceans.htmlA warming global ocean — influencing the winds that shear off the tops of developing storms — could mean fewer Atlantic hurricanes striking the United States according to new findings by NOAA climate scientists.warmer oceans, hurricaneshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080122_warmeroceans.htmlTue, 22 Jan 2008 18:33:35 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080118_saginawbay.htmlNOAA has awarded a regional consortium of Great Lakes area universities and research organizations $760,000 for the first year of a five-year, $3.8 million pilot project to develop a new approach to analyzing and managing the cumulative effects of climate change, land use, invasive species, and other environmental stressors on Saginaw Bay and its surrounding ecosystem.ecosystemhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080118_saginawbay.htmlFri, 18 Jan 2008 22:31:31 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080117_grayreef.htmlA former Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary research ship sunk last year off the Georgia coast as an artificial reef is now home to a diverse array of marine fish and invertebrates after only four months on the bottom, according to NOAA scientists.Jane Yarn, Gray's Reef, marine sancturaryhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080117_grayreef.htmlThu, 17 Jan 2008 21:08:51 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080117_sealion.htmlNOAA’s Fisheries Service is asking for public comment as it considers four alternatives to deter California sea lions from eating imperiled salmon and steelhead that congregate below the Bonneville Dam on the lower Columbia River as they head upriver to spawn.salmon, sea lionhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080117_sealion.htmlThu, 17 Jan 2008 19:57:51 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080116_vaquita.htmlAn international research team, including biologists from NOAA’s Fisheries Service, reported in the scientific journal Conservation Biology, that the estimated population of vaquita, a porpoise found in the Gulf of California, is likely two years away from reaching such low levels that their rate to extinction will increase and possibly be irreversible. vaquita, endangered specieshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080116_vaquita.htmlThu, 17 Jan 2008 15:41:32 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080116_hawaiicoral.htmlNew coral reef maps released by NOAA reveal that the Big Island of Hawaii has the highest percentage of live coral of the main Hawaiian islands.live coral, hawaiian islandshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080116_hawaiicoral.htmlWed, 16 Jan 2008 20:21:12 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080116_seabird.htmlFishing fleets from more than 30 countries on the high seas of the Atlantic and Pacific will now use new ways to avoid accidentally snaring seabirds going after bait on long lines.endangered seabirdshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080116_seabird.htmlWed, 16 Jan 2008 19:21:11 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080116_environmental.htmlNOAA's Office of Education is now accepting applications for environmental literacy projects to promote changes in K-12 education in effort to expand the amount of Earth system science taught in the classroom and improve student learning of the subject. grant applications, environmental literacy projecthttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080116_environmental.htmlWed, 16 Jan 2008 19:19:47 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080114_dolphinsmart.htmlNOAA’s Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and its partners today accepted the third charter operator into a new program created to help protect wild dolphins in the Keys. Key West Eco Tours officially joined the Dolphin SMART program after successfully meeting standards that promote responsible viewing of dolphins in the wild.Dolphin SMART, National Marine,Sanctuary, Florida Keys{2c3582ae-a7ea-b229-5634-1becfb3cba3b}Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:02:05 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080109_marlin.htmlNOAA’s Fisheries Service announced today that the Atlantic white marlin, a billfish highly prized by recreational anglers, does not warrant listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Based on the biological status of the species and consideration of the ESA listing factors, the species is not in danger of extinction.white marlin, endangered species acthttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080109_marlin.htmlWed, 09 Jan 2008 19:53:38 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080102_researchplan.htmlThe U.S. Climate Change Science Program Revised Research Plan Summary is available in the Federal Register and online for review and comment by the public. Climate Change Science Program Revised Research Plan Summaryhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080102_researchplan.htmlWed, 02 Jan 2008 21:03:41 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071221_humpback.htmlAfter negotiations with the chairman of the International Whaling Commission, Japan has agreed not to target humpback whales during its annual whale hunt that is underway in the seas off Antarctica.fish, fisheries, whale, humpbackhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071221_humpback.htmlFri, 21 Dec 2007 14:54:13 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071220_pisces.htmlNew NOAA fisheries survey vessel, launched on Dec. 19, in Mississippi, will be able to study fish quietly without altering their behavior.fisheries, fish, national marine fisheries servicehttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071220_pisces.htmlThu, 20 Dec 2007 17:43:23 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071219_contract.htmlNOAA and NASA today announced Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Palo Alto, Calif., has been selected for a $96.7 million (including options) contract award to design and develop a new instrument on the next generation of weather satellites.NOAA contractor, satellite-based lightning detection systemhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071219_contract.htmlWed, 19 Dec 2007 20:28:39 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071218_belugawhalepopulation.htmlNOAA Fisheries Service biologists estimate a beluga whale population of 375 in the Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska, according to data collected during their annual survey in June. This population estimate is the largest since 2001.fisheries, beluga, whales{a239224e-a859-7080-b56c-f880c2d79192}Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:27:49 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071218_coralprotection.htmlNOAA is proposing to extend most of the prohibitions of the Endangered Species Act - normally applied only to endangered species - to the threatened elkhorn and staghorn corals.coral, protection, fisheries{9a1e3507-6ec9-c7fe-d776-9447dcadaa2d}Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:57:20 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071217_glerl.htmlOfficials have broken ground for a new, larger NOAA Great Lakes research laboratory in Pittsfield Township, replacing the current Ann Arbor laboratory in mid to late 2008. The new building will provide twice as much space as the current location as well as updated wet and dry laboratories, and new conference capabilities including a lecture hall that can seat 150.research, great lakes{f3eeee05-f55c-d89e-4d58-43299f07de}Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:59:25 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071213_carboncoral.htmlNOAA Coral Reef Watch coordinator Mark Eakin, and 17 fellow coral scientists from around the globe say corals could begin to disappear in 50 to 75 years due to steadily warming temperatures and increasing ocean acidification caused by carbon dioxide emissions.coral reefs, carbon dioxide, temperature increasehttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071213_carboncoral.htmlThu, 13 Dec 2007 19:59:28 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071212_marinedebris.htmlNOAA has established a new monitoring program in Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary to collect data on the location and types of marine debris in the sanctuary. marine debris monitoring, gray's reef national marine sanctuaryhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071212_marinedebris.htmlWed, 12 Dec 2007 17:16:08 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071212_bullock.htmlNOAA Captain Michele G. Bullock recently took command of the day-to-day operations of the 10 research and survey ships in NOAA’s Pacific fleet controlled from the agency’s Marine Operations Center-Pacific in Seattle.captain michele bullock, marine operations center pacific, pacific fleethttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071212_bullock.htmlWed, 12 Dec 2007 15:11:18 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071210_idahostormready.htmlCuster County, Idaho, and the communities of Challis, Mackay, and Stanley completed the NOAA National Weather Service StormReady program, better equipping the county to handle severe weather. The Custer County emergency management team fulfilled a rigorous set of warning and evacuation criteria, including the development of a formal hazardous weather plan.stormreadyhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071210_idahostormready.htmlMon, 10 Dec 2007 22:46:30 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071210_coral.htmlNOAA released a new report, The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States, called for in the President’s Ocean Action Plan on December 10. The peer-reviewed report, prepared by NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program, provides a baseline for future research and management of these unique and vulnerable ecosystems.coral, deep seahttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071210_coral.htmlMon, 10 Dec 2007 17:52:22 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071204_glackin.htmlRetired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, announced today that Mary M. Glackin has been appointed as deputy under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere.mary glackin, deputy under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmospherehttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071204_glackin.htmlWed, 05 Dec 2007 14:26:47 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071203_eastcoasttsunami.htmlA team of scientists took a crucial step forward in NOAA’s effort to prepare U.S. coastal communities, including Long Island, Atlantic City, and Daytona Beach for potentially deadly tsunami and storm-driven flooding. Scientists with NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, both based in Boulder, Colo., recently created high-resolution digital elevation models, or DEMs, for the three cities.tsunami, oceanhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071203_eastcoasttsunami.htmlTue, 04 Dec 2007 01:25:22 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071203_tropicalbelt.htmlThe Earth’s tropical belt – approximately the area between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn – has widened over the past quarter century as the planet has warmed, and could change precipitation patterns that would affect ecosystems, agriculture, and water resources, according to research by a NOAA scientist and colleagues. The findings are published today in the first edition of the new publication Nature Geoscience.Climate, tropichttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071203_tropicalbelt.htmlMon, 03 Dec 2007 17:29:52 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071129_ports.htmlNOAA announced today that the Port of Mobile, Ala. has become the 14th location in the United States to install the Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System. PORTS®, developed and operated by NOAA, provides accurate real-time oceanographic and meteorological data to mariners that can significantly reduce the risk of vessel groundings and increase the amount of cargo moved through the port. The system will become operational on Dec. 3.ocean, portshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071129_ports.htmlThu, 29 Nov 2007 20:03:09 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071129_tornado.htmlEnterprise (Ala.) High School officials and students followed appropriate safety measures prior to and during the March 1 tornado outbreak which killed eight students, but the event further demonstrated the need for such facilities to have hardened safe rooms, according to a NOAA National Weather Service assessment released today. tornada, hazard resilient communities, national weather service assessmenthttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071129_tornado.htmlThu, 29 Nov 2007 17:50:48 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071128_sam.htmlNOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary Program announced the launch of a new national ocean literacy, education, and public awareness campaign featuring Sanctuary Sam, a California sea lion who will be the program’s “spokes-sea lion” from his SeaWorld-based home in Orlando, Fla.national marine sanctuary program, sanctuary samhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071128_sam.htmlWed, 28 Nov 2007 14:40:19 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071127_fisheries.htmlNOAA Fisheries Service today published its annual List of Fisheries that classifies each U.S. commercial fishery based on its level of interaction with marine mammals. list of fisherieshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071127_fisheries.htmlTue, 27 Nov 2007 14:56:42 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071126_cardioxideb.htmlA new NOAA study, appearing in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows how a prolonged drought in North America in 2002 cut the continent’s natural uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) in half, leaving more than 360 million tons more of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in Earth’s atmosphere.carbon dioxide studyhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071126_cardioxideb.htmlMon, 26 Nov 2007 21:57:32 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071116_october.htmlTemperatures in October 2007 were the ninth warmest on record for the contiguous U.S., and especially warm in the Northeast, where five states had their warmest October on record. The January-October 2007 U.S. temperature was the seventh warmest since national records began in 1895, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.October 2007 temperatures, warmest on record http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071116_october.htmlFri, 16 Nov 2007 16:29:36 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071116_aquaculture.htmlNOAA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are soliciting information and ideas on ways to lessen dependence on fish-based feeds in the aquaculture industry. This comment period is the first step of a broad, year-long program that will include research projects, scientific consultations and a national workshop aimed at developing new and effective ingredients for aqua-feed.aquaculture programhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071116_aquaculture.htmlFri, 16 Nov 2007 16:26:34 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071113_scholarships.htmlNOAA is accepting applications for a scholarship program in honor of retired South Carolina Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, who promoted oceanic and atmospheric research throughout his career. This is the fourth year this scholarship is being made available to students interested in pursuing degrees in ocean and atmospheric sciences and education. scholarships, ernest hollingshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071113_scholarships.htmlTue, 13 Nov 2007 19:25:51 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071113_carbon.htmlThe U.S. Climate Change Science Program published a report today that quantifies North America’s net contribution of carbon to the atmosphere and catalogues sources and sinks of carbon on the continent. north america carbon budgethttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071113_carbon.htmlTue, 13 Nov 2007 17:25:06 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071113_whales.htmlTo help protect the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale population, NOAA Fisheries Service is reminding mariners and fishers that the start of calving (birthing) season begins Nov. 15, and continues through April 15. Regulations and recommendations are in place to help protect these endangered whales during this critical period.north atlantic right whales, endangered specieshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071113_whales.htmlTue, 13 Nov 2007 15:42:56 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071109_threefish.htmlNOAA Fisheries Service today proposed limits on fishing three key species in order to end overfishing and promote rebuilding of the stocks. The proposal is based on scientific analysis and recommendations of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.fisheries, overfishing, rebuilding stockshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071109_threefish.htmlFri, 09 Nov 2007 18:56:56 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071109_tidalcreek.htmlA new NOAA study reveals that the level of human development activities, including roadways, sidewalks and roofs, in a watershed has a direct impact on the health of America's tidal creeks and may potentially threaten public health in those coastal areas.tital creek health, human developmenthttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071109_tidalcreek.htmlFri, 09 Nov 2007 13:52:19 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071107_southcalwarning.htmlA debris flow and flash flood warning system developed jointly by NOAA’s National Weather Service and the U.S. Geological Survey will help protect Southern Californians from potentially devastating debris flows, commonly known as mud slides, and flash floods in and around burn areas created by the recent wildfireswarning system, flash flood, southern california fireshttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071107_southcalwarning.htmlWed, 07 Nov 2007 20:56:01 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071107_floridaredtides.htmlA new NOAA research model indicates nutrients flowing from the Mississippi River may stimulate harmful algal blooms to grow on the continental shelf off the west coast of Florida. The peer-reviewed hypothesis is being published in a special issue on Florida red tide in the journal "Continental Shelf Research."environmental, red tidehttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071107_floridaredtides.htmlWed, 07 Nov 2007 18:58:57 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071105_pilotlessaircraft.htmlA pilotless hurricane hunter is being flown by remote control into hurricane force winds for the first time to give researchers from NOAA and NASA a real time, low altitude look at a storm with hurricane category 1 winds hovering around 80 miles per hour. hurricane, pilotless aircrafthttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071105_pilotlessaircraft.htmlMon, 05 Nov 2007 19:38:16 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071102_marinedebris.htmlNOAA today launched a comprehensive effort aimed at reducing dangerous marine debris. The Internet-based educational campaign for marine debris awareness and prevention answers President Bush's call to increase public awareness and understanding of the global problem of marine debris.marine debrishttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071102_marinedebris.htmlFri, 02 Nov 2007 21:14:37 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071101_ozone.htmlThe size of this year's Antarctic ozone hole is slightly above the 10-year average in both depth and overall area, NOAA scientists announced today. ozonehttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071101_ozone.htmlThu, 01 Nov 2007 18:56:09 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071101_divebrochure.htmlThe NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program has developed a colorful new printed guide and Web page for scuba diving enthusiasts about diving in our nation's 13 national marine sanctuaries, home to some of America's most spectacular underwater sights.sanctuary, diving, scubahttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071101_divebrochure.htmlThu, 01 Nov 2007 18:54:43 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071031_tornado.htmlA total of 87 tornadoes were reported in the United States from October 17-19 – a new record outbreak for the month, according to NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.weatherhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071031_tornado.htmlThu, 01 Nov 2007 01:01:39 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071024_deepcoral.htmlNOAA has awarded four Honolulu based organizations $500,000 for the first year of a three-year $1.4 million project to improve the understanding of deep water coral reef ecosystems in the Hawaiian Islands.coralhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071024_deepcoral.htmlWed, 24 Oct 2007 21:35:23 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071023_hypoxia.htmlNOAA has awarded $330,000 to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, in a five-year $1.8 million NOAA project to help resource managers analyze and predict how hypoxia, water quality, and fishery production respond to nutrient loading and climatic factors in Chesapeake Bay and Delaware inland bays.hypoxiahttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071023_hypoxia.htmlTue, 23 Oct 2007 21:31:24 GMThttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071019_gulfdeadzone.htmlNOAA has awarded first-year funding of $284,000 to researchers at the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) as part of a three-year $781,000 project to develop a better understanding of how nutrient pollution from the Mississippi River affects the large area of low oxygen water called the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico. The project will also look at how the dead zone affects commercially and recreationally important fish and shellfish. dead zone, gulf of mexicohttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071019_gulfdeadzone.htmlFri, 19 Oct 2007 19:06:03 GMT