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National
Medal of Science awarded to JIMO researcher for pioneering work
on the effects of CO2 on global climate change:
Charles David Keeling, noted JIMO researcher, was awarded the
National Medal of Science in a White House presentation on 13 June
2002 for his lifetime achievement in scientific research.
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TAO/TRITON
Teacher at Sea:
The NOAA Office of Global Programs and the National Science
Foundation are proud to introduce our 5th co-sponsored Teacher at
Sea, Dr. Diane Stanitski-Martin, professor from Shippensburg University
in Pennsylvania.
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Saving
the Chesapeake Blue Crab:
In Chesapeake Bay country blue crabs are king. Not only do
crabs bring tourists from around the region and beyond to enjoy
a taste of summer, but crabs have supported shoreside communities
for generations, and have become part of the very fabric of life
in Maryland and Virginia.
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Technical
Dive Training for Scientists at NURP's Caribbean Facility Gets Underway:
Marine scientists at the National Undersea Research Program's
National Undersea Research Center for the Caribbean, the Caribbean
Marine Research Center, are using the latest technical diving technology
to explore deep tropical reefs and caves in the Bahamas to depths
as great as 90 meters (300 feet).
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Using
Climate and Environmental Information for Public Health Planning
and Preparedness - The Climate Variability and Health Program:
The Climate Variability and Health Program (CVH) takes a problem-oriented
approach to the use of climate and environmental information for
social benefit.
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Forecasters
learn more about new forecast techniques:
Forecasters from over 60 National Weather Service offices,
including Alaska and Guam, poured into a classroom at NOAA's David
Skaggs Research Center in Boulder in early May, anxious to learn
more about a suite of revolutionary new forecast tools that fundamentally
change the way they make forecasts.
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New
Research Tools Reveal Groundwater Role in Delivering Nutrients to
Coastal Embayments:
Excessive input of nutrients, or eutrophication, is a widespread
problem throughout coastal ecosystems worldwide.
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National
Severe Storms Laboratory Hosts International H20 Project:
Meteorological researchers from around the World have gathered
in central Oklahoma for one of the largest weather-related studies
in U.S. history, hosted by the NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory.
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Studying
the potential impacts of bottomfishing in the Northwest Hawaiian
Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve:
The Northwest Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve
was created by an executive order from President Clinton in 1998.
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Tales
From Cape Grim:
If Bruce Hicks had had his way, Australia's baseline observing
station on the island state of Tasmania would be in the Hartz Mountains.
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