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NOAA report highlights 2020 climate, weather, ocean research

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NOAA partners from the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at University of Miami and the Caribbean Region Association for Coastal Ocean Observing gather around 11 ocean gliders that will track hurricane data off Puerto Rico, July 14, 2020.

NOAA signs data-share agreement with offshore wind energy company

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Ørsted's Gode Wind turbines in a wind energy farm off the coast of Germany.

Wave model upgrade includes hourly rip current predictions

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Rip currents are powerful, channeled currents of water flowing away from shore. Learn what rip currents are and how to escape them before you enter the water - it may save your life!

Congress reauthorizes law supporting partnerships to advance ocean science

January 13, 2021

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unmanned systems

uncrewed systems

Saildrone launched its newest uncrewed maritime system on January 5, 2021, called Saildrone Surveyor, from Alameda, California, which includes new sonar for seafloor mapping and a tool to collect and analyze ocean genetic data. NOAA provided a three-year grant through the National Oceanographic Partnership Program to support the development, testing and integration of sensors for the Saildrone Surveyor.

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.

NOAA seeks new members for Ocean Exploration Advisory Board

November 17, 2020

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NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in Pascagoula, Mississippi, at night during the Gulf of Mexico 2018 expedition.

Seafloor mapping: NOAA partner collects quarry of deep-ocean data

August 26, 2020

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charts and maps

Photo taken by aerial drone of the Deep Submersible Support Vessel Pressure Drop with its crew on the day explorers Victor Vescovo and Kathy Sullivan dived in a submersible vehicle to the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest known part of the world’s ocean. June 7, 2020.

NOAA issues new strategy to map the ocean

August 17, 2020

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nautical charts and maps

The unmanned surface vehicle BEN ( seen in yellow, bobbing on the ocean surface) launched from NOAA Ship Fairweather in U.S. Arctic waters, July 28, 2018.

3 ways satellites connect scientists with ocean life

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The Hawaiian Islands seen from NOAA's GOES-17 satellite on November 13, 2018. GOES-17 is among NOAA’s next generation of advanced geostationary weather satellites. The spacecraft provides high-quality data coverage of the Pacific Ocean.

Ocean Fact: How much oxygen comes from the ocean?

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A fish-eye view of the wake of a ship out at sea. Here's an ocean fact: The surface layer of the ocean is teeming with photosynthetic plankton. Though they're invisible to the naked eye, they produce more oxygen than the largest redwood trees.

NOAA plays key role in plan to explore and unlock potential of America’s ocean

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NOAA crew and scientists aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer prepare to deploy remotely operated vehicles that will help NOAA explore and characterize the features and marine life of the Atlantic deep ocean off South Carolina.

A healthy and biodiverse ocean starts with all of us

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World Ocean Day

A woman standing on a flat rock ledge of a beach looks out at the blue ocean off the coast of Norway. Tall mountains lay in the distance. Undated 2019 image.

New director selected for NOAA Ocean Prediction Center

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A satellite image of projected locations of a storm moving east to the North Atlantic February 13, 2020.

The invasive turkeyfish: To beat it, try eating it

November 20, 2019

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An invasive lionfish in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

Can we clean up, stop or end harmful algal blooms?

November 20, 2019

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harmful algal blooms (HABs)

On July 28, 2015, NASA's Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured images of algal blooms around the Great Lakes, visible as swirls of green in this image of Lake St. Clair and in western Lake Erie.

Marine heat wave reminiscent of 'the Blob' lingers off U.S. West Coast

October 8, 2019

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Satellite sea-surface temperature data from off of the U.S. West Coast, comparing September 2014 versus September 2019.

Q&A: So, what are marine heat waves? A climate scientist explains

October 8, 2019

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climate science

Nick Bond, a climate scientist with the University of Washington's Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (a NOAA cooperative institute), studies marine heat waves. Nick is standing next to a climate buoy that helps scientists monitor ocean surface temperatures in the Gulf of Alaska.

This NOAA buoy helps save lives. See how.

September 26, 2019

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weather conditions

The buoy shown here is one of 103 weather buoys operated and maintained by NOAA's National Data Buoy Center.

U.S. ocean economy is growing at a steady pace

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People fishing as Tropical Storm Ana approaches Oceana Pier in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, on May 9, 2019.

Celebrate our world ocean in June

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Bluefin tuna.

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary celebrates 30 years of ocean protection

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Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

New buoy in American Samoa opens a window into a changing ocean

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NOAA, the National Park Service and other partners launched a new buoy to measure ocean carbon dioxide concentrations and other data in Fagatele Bay in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa.

Podcast: Citizen scientists help monitor marine life during Sanctuary Ocean Count

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citizen science

A humpback whale surfaces near the island of Maui.

Global ocean is absorbing more carbon from fossil fuel emissions

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published research

Scientists raise a rosette loaded with water samples to measure carbon dioxide in the ocean.

Deep-diving robots find warming accelerating in ocean off Antarctica

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NOAA and cooperative institute scientists are releasing Deep Argo floats off Hawaii to test them in preparation for the major deployment NOAA and Paul G. Allen Family Foundation will conduct next year to create the the Atlantic Ocean array in international waters off Brazil.

Conserving whales, dolphins and porpoises in an ever-changing ocean

February 12, 2019

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Right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) breaching.

Coral skeletons teach NOAA about the past ocean

December 13, 2018

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Coral core.

Podcast: What you need to know about ocean noise

September 10, 2018

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Noise pollution in the ocean has increased dramatically in the last 50 years.

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).

How satellites help us see the sea

August 15, 2018

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An artist's rendering of the GOES-S satellite.

NOAA satellites gather data on the changing Atlantic ocean waters

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An algae bloom near the Falkland Islands is shaped by meandering ocean currents. This image was acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) satellite on 5 December 2015.

Video: Rip current 101

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Caught in a rip current? Don't fight it!

Dust from the Sahara Desert stretches across the tropical Atlantic Ocean

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Saharan dust traveling over the Atlantic Ocean on July 8, 2018.

The new storm chasers? Unmanned ocean gliders go deep to help improve hurricane forecasts

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technology & innovation

Ubaldo López of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez prepares to launch NOAA ocean gliders in the summer of 2017 off Puerto Rico.

Podcast: Protecting coasts with natural infrastructure

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Pivers Island living shoreline.