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A TAO buoy in the ocean at sunset

New paper explores effects of COVID-19 pandemic on ocean observing

January 3, 2023

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A TAO buoy in the ocean at sunset

Kelp exposed at low tide on Alaska's Kiska Island.

Understanding blue carbon

September 29, 2022

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carbon capture and storage

Kelp exposed at low tide on Alaska's Kiska Island.

A collage showing still images from each of the short films featured in NOAA's virtual summer film festival.

NOAA kicks off virtual summer film festival

August 3, 2022

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coastal communities

A collage showing still images from each of the short films featured in NOAA's virtual summer film festival.

A pair of surfers walk on the shore during sunset in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

50 ways to give a little love to our ocean

June 23, 2022

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A pair of surfers walk on the shore during sunset in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

An underwater graphic of a diver searching the ocean with a flashlight, a submarine with a school of fish, a sunken ship, a deep sea angler fish, and a hydrothermal vent. At the surface of the ocean is a large research vessel and a buoy with a satellite in the sky.

World Ocean Day Ocean Literacy graphics

June 8, 2022

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World Ocean Day

An underwater graphic of a diver searching the ocean with a flashlight, a submarine with a school of fish, a sunken ship, a deep sea angler fish, and a hydrothermal vent. At the surface of the ocean is a large research vessel and a buoy with a satellite in the sky.

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson.

Podcast: Surveying in the Great Lakes

May 26, 2022

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marine commerce

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson.

Sunset over the ocean.

Story map: In Hot Water: Ocean Heat and Our Warming World offsite link offsite link

January 17, 2022

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Sunset over the ocean.

Free diver from the Puget Sound Restoration Fund collects sugar kelp to propagate at NOAA Fisheries' Manchester Research Station.

Video: Our climate & our fisheries — join the conversation

January 25, 2022

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Free diver from the Puget Sound Restoration Fund collects sugar kelp to propagate at NOAA Fisheries' Manchester Research Station.

A young girl reaches into a tide pool as she discovers something of interest. The sun is setting in the background, providing silhouettes of other people tidepooling in the distance with a low hillside and a tree in the frame.

Story map: 50 years of ocean and coastal conservation offsite link offsite link

January 19, 2022

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A young girl reaches into a tide pool as she discovers something of interest. The sun is setting in the background, providing silhouettes of other people tidepooling in the distance with a low hillside and a tree in the frame.

Diver conducts a towboard survey at Midway Atoll.

Podcast: Dive in with NOAA Fisheries

January 18, 2022

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sustainable seafood

recreational fishing

Diver conducts a towboard survey at Midway Atoll.

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