Hawaiian bottomfish play hide and seek in ancient reefs
NURP's Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory plays a key role in helping define Hawaiian bottomfish habitat.

North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME)
The North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) is an internationally coordinated research program aimed at determining the sources and limits of predictability of summertime precipitation over North America.

Are Marshes Losing Ground?
Imagine going back to a favorite spot from childhood--and it wasn't there. If you went to visit a coastal salt marsh, it could happen.

NOAA scientists study storms to improve forecasts:
Day and night during May and June, a crew of fourteen researchers and students will scramble to get in position beneath storms in central Oklahoma to launch instrumented balloons.

Rocked by Mother Ocean:
Here I am again on business travel, flying some 30,000 feet above sea level, locked in the pressurized compartment of an airplane, peering down out of a small window on the aquamarine blue Atlantic Ocean.

Retired Teacher in Mongolia Plays Key Role in Worldwide Air Sampling Network:
At a remote outpost in the Gobi Desert, more than 12 hours by train from the Mongolian capitol, Bamuu Dorjnorov fills two glass flasks with air every week.

Adopt-A-Boat Links Fishermen with Students:
When asked to define commercial fishing, a third grader in Dexter, Maine, ventured, "Something on TV?"

Enhancing Decision-Making Through Integrated Climate Research -- Alaska Region Meeting:
Melting permafrost, loss of sea ice, increased severe storms, rapid land cover change, fisheries health, coastal erosion, infectious disease, decline of subsistence hunting: these are just a few of the challenges facing communities and decision-makers in Alaska.

A Particular Concern: Protecting Deep-Sea Corals:
Twenty miles off the coast of Florida, stretching from Daytona Beach down to Ft. Pierce, close to the edge of the continental shelf, deep-water coral reefs of Oculina varicosa, or the ivory tree coral lie 150 to 300 feet beneath the water’s surface.

Clean Marinas: Coming to a Harbor Near You:
Boaters cruising and docking in the northern Gulf of Mexico will find a pleasant surprise this summer—marinas that are cleaner and more efficient.

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