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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.

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.

Jason-2: A decade of global sea level measurements

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measurements and observations

Rendering of the Jason-2 satellite.

Advancing a vision of science and technology for America's oceans

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science and technology

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Scientists collect valuable new ocean data from Volvo Ocean Race

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Volvo Ocean Race.

These NOAA ocean heroes show that you can help the ocean at any age

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World Ocean Day

As part of their commitment to protect and conserve the ocean, students from Adams Elementary in Santa Barbara, California, monitor a nearby sandy beach.

Story map: Our ocean

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Our Ocean.

Video: How scientists use saildrones to study the ocean

November 8, 2017

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technology & innovation

A Saildrone, seen with the NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson, studies ocean conditions.

Podcast: Studying ocean movement is good for the economy

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A NOAA team deploys a current meter with surface floats to take measurements throughout the water column during surveys of Puget Sound.

NOAA and partners are upgrading Pacific Ocean observations

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technology & innovation

NOAA technicians service a buoy in the Pacific Ocean designed to provide real-time data for ocean, weather and climate prediction.

Video: Protecting our ocean and Great Lakes for the future

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A sea lion approaches a diver in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

Video: U.S. honored as 'ocean champion'

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Map of Alaska's Glacier Bay.