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NOAA researchers and partners find new record-sized coral colony in American Samoa

January 22, 2021

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Pictured: Big Momma, a large coral head, in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. NOAA-funded researchers have recently identified a NEW, record-sized coral colony at Ta’u Island in American Samoa, even larger than the island’s Big Momma colony, one of the largest in the world.

NOAA expands Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico

January 19, 2021

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The reef caps of East and West Flower Garden Banks are dominated by high coral and coralline algae cover, providing habitat for multitudes of reef fish and invertebrates.

Statement on climate change flyers falsely attributed to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

January 12, 2021

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NOAA, The Ocean Foundation team up to advance ocean science

January 5, 2021

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NOAA scientist Ian Enochs studies the impact of carbon dioxide from underwater volcanic vents on corals in the Pacific waters off the island of Maug, June 18, 2014.

Contract awarded to Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC to build two new oceanographic ships for NOAA

December 31, 2020

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The oceanographic research vessel NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown is the largest ship in NOAA's fleet.

NOAA welcomes new Beechcraft King Air to its fleet of specialized aircraft

December 21, 2020

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aircraft operations

New NOAA Beechcraft King Air N67RF on the ramp in Wichita, KS.

Sea ice loss and extreme wildfires mark another year of Arctic change

December 8, 2020

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climate impacts

A lone hiker in the distance walks toward a creek with a snowless mountain range in the background. Location: Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. Posted on the park's Facebook page on June 30, 2020.(facebook.com/GatesOfTheArcticNPS)

Record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season draws to an end

November 24, 2020

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tropical storms

tropical cyclones

hurricane season

This image from NOAA's GOES-16 satellite on September 14, 2020, shows five tropical systems spinning in the Atlantic basin at one time. From left to right: Hurricane Sally in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Paulette east of the Carolinas, the remnants of Tropical Storm Rene in the central Atlantic, and Tropical Storms Teddy and Vicky in the eastern Atlantic. A total of 10 named storms formed in September 2020 — the most for any month on record.

NOAA strategy addresses stony coral tissue loss disease

November 24, 2020

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A diseased brain coral in Looe Key, Florida. The disease is leaving a white band of recently dead skeleton in contrast to the healthy, yellow/brown tissue.

NFWF and NOAA announce more than $37 million in grants to support coastal resilience efforts across the nation

November 17, 2020

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coastal economies

Major flooding in Milford, Delaware as a result of the the outskirts of Hurricane Joaquin in 2015.

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