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Topic: Heritage

Louis W. Uccellini, former director of the U.S. National Weather Service

A look back with Dr. Louis W. Uccellini

January 19, 2023

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Louis W. Uccellini, former director of the U.S. National Weather Service

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Treasures of NOAA's Ark

January 5, 2023

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The Treasures of NOAA's Ark exhibit on display at the Tellus Science Museum in Atlanta, GA. Several cases are spread throughout the room, with maps, and charts, early scientific instruments, and other historical artifacts inside them.

Discover NOAA's treasures at the Tellus Science Museum

December 14, 2022

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charts and maps

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The Treasures of NOAA's Ark exhibit on display at the Tellus Science Museum in Atlanta, GA. Several cases are spread throughout the room, with maps, and charts, early scientific instruments, and other historical artifacts inside them.

A drawing of the HYDROLAB, showing a cross section of the inside. Two people are inside the Hydrolab, one at the lab and the other in the moon pool.

How NOAA’s first undersea lab helped scientists study corals

December 5, 2022

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A drawing of the HYDROLAB, showing a cross section of the inside. Two people are inside the Hydrolab, one at the lab and the other in the moon pool.

Do you NOAA our history?

January 4, 2023

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Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 50th anniversary commemorative poster.

Love your national marine sanctuaries? Download our 50th anniversary posters today

January 10, 2022

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Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 50th anniversary commemorative poster.

A person kayaks over a shipwreck within Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Preview: 2022 will mark 50 years of your national marine sanctuaries

October 22, 2021

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A person kayaks over a shipwreck within Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

First U.S. Fish Commissioner Spencer Baird (on shore, at right) and colleagues seining in Little Harbor, Woods Hole, circa 1875. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/NEFSC Historical Collection.

Video: Celebrating 150 years of NOAA Fisheries Service

July 2, 2021

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First U.S. Fish Commissioner Spencer Baird (on shore, at right) and colleagues seining in Little Harbor, Woods Hole, circa 1875. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/NEFSC Historical Collection.

This photo shows the original U.S. Fisheries Commission lab building in Woods Hole, MA in 1875.

It started in a shed: The story behind the first U.S. marine station

June 9, 2021

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This photo shows the original U.S. Fisheries Commission lab building in Woods Hole, MA in 1875.

A NOAA diver surveys the progression of stony coral tissue loss disease in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, July 2019.

Voices from Florida's Changing Coral Reefs

May 18, 2021

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A NOAA diver surveys the progression of stony coral tissue loss disease in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, July 2019.

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