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NOAA’s GOES-R weather satellite readies for historic launch

October 4, 2016

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Artistic rendition of GOES-R, NOAA's next-generation geostationary weather satellite.

Hawaiian deep coral reefs home to unique species and extensive coral cover

October 4, 2016

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Kure Atoll, the northernmost reef in the Hawaiian archipelago, hosts mesophotic reefs with the highest level endemic species, or those unique to a specific location, found in any marine ecosystem on Earth.

New guidelines show NOAA’s commitment to address effects of ocean noise on marine mammals

September 13, 2016

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NOAA's Ocean Noise Strategy Roadmap looks at the effects of ocean noise on marine life, such as these pantropical spotted dolphins.

Climate change increased chances of record rains in Louisiana by at least 40 percent

September 7, 2016

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A flooded intersection in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on August 14, 2016.

Scientists discover new deep-reef species in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

September 6, 2016

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Pete Basabe’s Butteflyfish (Prognathodes basabei Pyle and Kosaki 2016) at a depth of 180 feet off Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Successful conservation efforts pay off for humpback whales

September 6, 2016

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A humpback whale and calf in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.

NOAA grants to aid marine mammal rescue and stranding programs

September 1, 2016

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Two Hawaiian monk seals, Pearl and Hermes, are undergoing rehabilitation at the Ke Kai Ola hospital in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. "Ke Kai Ola" is Hawaiian for "The Healing Sea."

NOAA partnerships highlight technical solutions to bycatch reduction

August 31, 2016

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When LED lights were placed on West Coast shrimp trawls, bycatch of protected eulachon (smelt) was reduced by 91 percent.

NOAA awards $11.9 million to four minority serving institutions to train the next generation of scientists

August 29, 2016

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Educational Partnership Program with Minority-Serving Institutions

Retired Vice Adm. Manson Brown, deputy NOAA administrator, meets with center directors at the 8th Biennial EPP Education and Science Forum in New York. Left to right: Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi, City College, City University of New York; Dr. Paulinus Chigbu, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Dr. Vernon Morris, Howard University; Larry Robinson, Florida A&M University; VADM Manson Brown, deputy NOAA administrator; and Dr. Michael Abazinge, Florida A&M University.

Sea-level rise, ocean acidification, ocean warming threaten Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

August 23, 2016

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A juvenile Hawaiian monk seal rests on a beach on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals. Projected sea-level rise at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument could threaten these and other marine mammals.

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