Deployment of Global Drifter 1250 - Completion of the first component of the Global Ocean Observing System:
Global Drifter 1250 was launched near Halifax, Nova Scotia this past fall, marking the full implementation of the first component of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).

Again to Galapagos:
When I staff an exhibit booth for NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration, I sometimes gather audiences by asking a question.

Carteret Catch: New Marketing Project Promotes Local Seafood
When customers see the "Carteret Catch" logo at Carteret County restaurants in eastern North Carolina, they know that they are eating local delicacies.

The Long-Term Ecosystem Observatory – A key piece of an Integrated Observing Network Puzzle
At the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS) at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the home of NOAA's Undersea Research Program (NURP) Mid-Atlantic Bight Center, oceanographers are observing the ocean, each day taking in the Mid-Atlantic Bight from a fish's eye view.

NOAA's Hurricane Researchers Log Many Flight Hours & Accomplishments in the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season
As the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season continues to march on with the birth of Wilma in the Caribbean, NOAA's cadre of hurricane researchers at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) are wrapping up an extremely busy and accomplished research field season.

Impacts of Anthropogenic CO2 on Ocean Chemistry and Biology
Last April, a NOAA/NSF/USGS-sponsored workshop at the USGS Center for Coastal Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida revealed potential future problems for marine ecosystems from ocean acidification

Fish School Reaches New Audiences about PCB, Mercury Health Concerns
Fish provide key nutrients for growing young minds and healthy bodies of all ages, but some are contaminated with pollutants that can have serious health effects, particularly on babies and children.

High school students who named NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer are congratulated from sea by explorer Robert Ballard
When a team of students at Woodstock High School in Illinois learned they had won a nationwide contest to name NOAA's new ship for ocean exploration, they were delighted but surprised.

Climate Variability and Change and New York City Planning for the Future
The tri-state New York City (NYC) metropolitan area, with 20 million people living, working and commuting in its 31 counties, is home to the largest public transportation system in the United States.

Invasion and Impacts of Tamarisk in Tijuana Estuary Salt Marshes, and Ecosystem Recovery After Its Removal
A non-native tree called tamarisk has invaded salt marshes at the NOAA Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, a 2,500-acre preserve adjacent to the U.S.-Mexico border in southern San Diego County.

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