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NOAA awards $10.2 million for harmful algal bloom research

October 1, 2019

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Ohio Sea Grant's Dr. Jeff Reutter documents an algal bloom in Lake Erie.

NOAA, Energy Department announce competition to power ocean-observing platforms with renewable energy

September 18, 2019

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A NOAA Chesapeake Bay Interpretive buoy uses cell phone and internet technology to share in real-time the Bay’s weather and water conditions with the public. Solar panels keep the buoy’s batteries charged which provide power for the observing sensors and transmission capabilities.

NOAA orders new Hurricane Hunter jet and turboprop aircraft

August 26, 2019

The G-IV is a twin-engine jet piloted by NOAA Corps officers and crewed by NOAA civilian engineers and meteorologists. Its primary mission is to fly tropical cyclone surveillance missions.

Public may comment on proposed changes to Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

August 20, 2019

Coral reefs like this one in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary buffer shorelines from wave action, storms, and erosion, and protect wetlands and harbors.

NOAA awards $2.7 million in grants for marine debris removal and research

August 15, 2019

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A marine debris team member gathers a handful of disposable cigarette lighters picked up at a beach cleanup site.

NOAA increases chance for above-normal hurricane season

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Flooding is always a significant threat during tropical cyclones. In August 2017 Hurricane Harvey struck the Texas coast and after moving inland the storm stalled for four days dropping more than 60 inches of rain over southeastern Texas.

Number of U.S. fish stocks at sustainable levels remains near record high

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Large ‘dead zone’ measured in Gulf of Mexico

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Scientists collect oxygen measurements to determine the size of this year's dead zone, an area of low oxygen that can kill fish and marine life. This cruise has been performed since 1985, creating an important long term data set for scientists.

NOAA early career scientists honored for innovative research

NOAA GLERL scientist Eric Anderson deploys a drifter buoy from the back of a research vessel in the Straits of Mackinac. The buoy will move with the currents, reporting its location every hour via satellite. Eric and his NOAA Research colleagues Andrew Hoell, Andrew Rollins, Brian C. McDonald and Jeffrey Snyder are recipients of the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

NOAA, partners predict large summer harmful algal bloom for western Lake Erie

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A European Space Agency (ESA) Envisat satellite.image taken on Oct. 8, 2011, using its MERIS sensor, showing harmful algal bloom in the western basin of Lake Erie.

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