Where the trade winds meet -- air-sea coupling in the inter-tropical convergence zone:
Maximum solar heating occurs at latitudes near the equator, warming the sea surface and causing the surface air to rise.

Submerging the body and the brain: Sea Grant scientists probe the physiology and psychology of scuba diving:
Three decades ago, the popular Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau television show made scuba diving seem as natural as a walk in the park.

Scientists seek data on greenhouse gas emissions:
Government and university scientists will be hanging out at the track this summer – only there aren’t any horses and the track is located 30,000 feet above sea level.

Life Support: NURP Unfolds the Mystery of Gas Hydrates:
NOAA's Undersea Research Program supports an interdisciplinary array of experts in researching gas hydrate ecosystems and their extraordinary potential as a source of bio-products.

Scientists to explore massive thunderstorm complexes:
You know it as a long line of thunderstorms that can split an entire state and last all night.

Pushing the lower limits in fisheries population dynamics research:
A small sign in the labs at the Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology (CQFE) at Virginia’s Old Dominion University says it all: Sometimes you get bloody on the cutting edge of science.

Decision Support Research - Bridging Science and Service
NOAA Research has been investing in decision support research for over a decade through its Climate and Societal Interactions (CSI) Program.

An Ocean View:
On this day, a chill, gray Thursday in November, an American School for the Deaf biology class is about as boisterous, in the orderly, engaged sense, as an 11th-grade class will get.

The Perfect Ocean for Drought:
Drought became heartbreakingly real last year for many Colorado farmers and ranchers as they watched their cattle starve and their pastures turn to dust.

Battling Oyster Disease in the Chesapeake:
Not so long ago Chesapeake Bay was the nation's leading producer of oysters - no more.

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