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NFWF, NOAA announce $28.9 million in grants for the 2018 National Coastal Resilience Fund

November 9, 2018

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coastal restoration

The He‘eia National Estuarine Research Reserve was the 29th in the NERR system. The He'eia wetlands will see a new natural constructed wetlands system to protect and enhance the ecosystem and community of Kane'ohe Bay, Hawaii. The project will minimize flood events, reduce sediment and nutrient run-off, and create habitat and fish passage for marine and estuarine species.

NOAA awards over $8.3 million to advance coral reef conservation science and management

November 8, 2018

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Pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) is rare in the Florida Keys. One of the grants announced today will aid restoration of Pillar coral in Florida.

NOAA research vessel completes global science mission

October 23, 2018

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NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown returned to its homeport of Charleston, S.C., after eight months at sea.

Winter Outlook favors warmer temperatures for much of U.S.

October 18, 2018

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Flowing river in winter.

NOAA awards $11 million to accelerate U.S. aquaculture research

October 17, 2018

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Joe Harned hauls in a line of floating oyster cages at Morris Family Shellfish Farms in Sea Level, North Carolina, where he’s sampling oysters grown using various gear tested by the Sea Grant National Aquaculture Initiative.

Elkhorn Slough designated ‘Wetland of International Importance’

October 5, 2018

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National Estuarine Research Reserves

Aerial photo of Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Reserve Reserve at Moss Landing, California.

NOAA updates Texas rainfall frequency values

September 27, 2018

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Hurricane Harvey dropped more than 50 inches of rain in the Houston area. NOAA defined the event as an exceptionally rare 1000-year event over a large area for a wide range of durations.

All IOOS regional networks now NOAA-certified

August 28, 2018

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measurements and observations

A joint deployment of an environmental sensor processor off the Washington coast by NOAA and the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems, one of the certified IOOS regional associations. The sensor has a special sampling package on board designed to detect early signs of harmful algal blooms (HABs).

Stern of World War II U.S. destroyer discovered off remote Alaskan island by NOAA-supported scientists

August 15, 2018

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ocean exploration

On July 17, a NOAA-funded team of Project Recover scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the University of Delaware discovered the missing 75- foot stern section of the destroyer USS Abner Read in 290 feet of water off of Kiska, Alaska. The stern sank Aug 18, 1943, at the height of World War II after being blown off by a Japanese mine. Pictured, research vessel Norseman II in transit through the Aleutian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands that extend 1,200 miles westward from the Alaska Peninsula.

NOAA forecasters lower Atlantic hurricane season prediction

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GOES East satellite image of the western Atlantic Ocean, captured July 9, 2018. The small eye of Tropical Storm Chris is visible off the coast of the Carolinas, while in the eastern Caribbean Sea, we can see the remnants of former Hurricane Beryl, around which a thick plume of Saharan dust is wrapping north and east of the storm.

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