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2021-2040 NOAA Education Strategic Plan

January 12, 2021
2014 PEP interns receive training in the field.

NOAA's Community Resilience Education Theory of Change

July 30, 2020
Illustration of the NOAA ELP Vision of A Resilient Community depicting a city along a coast and river with the following depicted: trees being planted as urban heat island abatement; an aquarium with people restoring a nearby coastal wetland to mitigate flooding; sustainable design with green infrastructure; a healthy community with people biking and exercising outside; a city hall with youth and adults presenting their ideas to officials; a shoreline that is protected with restored oyster reefs; students on a boat mapping coastal resilience assets; community members engaging in citizen science; a house adapted to severe storms, flooding, and rising sea levels; people preparing their community for a flood; K-12 schools where teachers and students are creating a rain garden; a university where researchers study resilience solutions; and a science center where youth have convened a climate summit. The NOAA logo is in the top right corner of the illustration.

NOAA Information Resources Management Strategic Plan 2017-2020

April 2, 2020
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technology
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Supercomputing facility, Fairmont, WV

Science and shipwrecks: Preserving America’s maritime history

April 13, 2018
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shipwreck
maritime heritage
maritime archaeology
USS Conestoga (AT 54), the last known broadside photograph taken likely during WWI when the tugboat was equipped with a 3-inch 50 caliber naval gun and two machine guns. The tugboat was later equipped with only a single 3-inch 50 caliber gun when it disappeared while en route from Mare Island to America Samoa, by way of Pearl Harbor in 1921.

The changing Arctic: A greener, warmer and increasingly accessible region

December 15, 2017
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Arctic
The treeless slopes of the Arctic Divide near the Nunamuit village of Anaktuvuk Pass, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. Undated photo.

Aquaculture: Bringing American-farmed seafood to your plate

September 25, 2017
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Seafood Month
aquaculture
Divers around the open-ocean aquaculture cage at the Cape Eleuthera Institiute in The Bahamas. These cages are not currently used in the Gulf, but represent one type of farming technology that could work in in the region.

Tracking sea level rise ... and fall

August 10, 2017
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sea level rise
Californians living on the coast may be used to seeing so-called "King Tides," a regular phenomenon where high tides are higher than normal on certain days of the year. Shown here: Embarcadero Waterfront in San Francisco, California

Cracking down on global fish crime

June 12, 2017
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IUU fishing
law enforcement
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Rush escorts the vessel Da Cheng, suspected of high seas drift net fishing, in the North Pacific Ocean on August 14, 2012.

Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlements: Where the money went

April 20, 2017
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Deepwater Horizon
PHOTO - Gulf sunset - 041817 - iStock - 1120x534 - LANDSCAPE

NOAA Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience

February 13, 2017
PHOTO – BWET Students planting trees in Pacific NorthWest- 2016 – Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association – 1255x705 – Landscape

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