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September
  • 9/28/07 — NOAA and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Award $3.5 Million For Coral Reef Conservation
  • 9/27/07 — NOAA to Provide More Specific Warning Information for Severe Weather
  • 9/26/07 — NOAA Center’s New Name Reflects New Era in Space Weather
  • 9/24/07 — NOAA Awards GEONETCast Americas Contract
  • 9/24/07 — NOAA, NASA Award $178 Million GOES-R Instrument Contract
  • 9/24/07 — NOAA Launches Search for New Tropical Prediction Center Director
  • 9/24/07 — NOAA & Smithsonian Say U.S. Waters Safer from Invasive Species If Ships Flush and Fill Ballast Water at Sea
  • 9/20/07 — New Research Coordinator Joins Southern California’s Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
  • 8/18/07 — NOAA, Indonesian Ministry Sign Agreement to Advance Coastal, Marine Efforts
  • 9/18/07 — NOAA Awards $115 Million Contract to Support Operational Space, Ground Systems
  • 9/12/07 — NOAA Joins International Coastal Cleanup Effort to Rid Oceans and Waterways of Marine Debris
  • 9/12/07 — Interagency Report Says Harmful Algal Blooms Increasing; Calls for Improved Research on Prediction and Response
  • 9/12/07 — Warm Summer in U.S. Ends with Record Heat in South, Widespread Drought Continues in Southeast, West
  • 9/12/07 — New Federal Plan Keeps Air Travelers Safe from Volcanic Ash
  • 9/11/07 — Scientists Fear Rare Dolphin Driven to Extinction by Human Activities, Other Species Also Vulnerable
  • 9/10/07 — NOAA Releases Action Plan on Tropical Prediction Center Assessment
  • 9/10/07 — Bill Proenza Assigned to National Weather Service Southern Region
  • 9/10/07 — Searching for Sharks: Acoustic Receivers Monitor Apex Predators in Hawaiian Archipelago
  • 9/7/07 — NOAA’s National Weather Service Selects New Leader of Indianapolis Weather Forecast Office
  • 9/6/07 — NOAA’s Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Public Input on Vessel Use in Tomales Bay
  • 9/6/07 — NOAA Reports La Niña Is Developing

August

  • 8/31/07 — NOAA Scientist Receives American Geophysical Union’s Highest Award
  • 8/29/07 — NOAA Provides Easy Online Access to Historical Hurricane Tracks
  • 8/28/07 — NOAA Deactivates Polar Orbiting Satellite; NOAA-12 was Nation’s Longest Serving Polar Orbiting Satellite
  • 8/28/07 — Greenhouse Gases Likely Drove Near-record U.S. Warmth in 2006
  • 8/28/07 — Scientists Record First “Megapclicks” from Feeding Humpback Whales in Noaa’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
  • 8/27/07 — U. S. Coral Reef Task Force Launches New Climate Change Effort
  • 8/23/07 — First Project Completed under NOAA Open Rivers Initiative
  • 8/23/07 — NOAA, NASA Announce GOES-R Instrument Contract Award
  • 8/22/07 — NOAA Signs New Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Plan; Critically endangered monk seals to benefit
  • 8/20/07 — Heilman Dam Removal Restores 18 Miles of Historic Fish Habitat
  • 8/16/07 — NOAA Science Advisory Board to Discuss Extended Continental Shelf Exploration and Okeanos Research Vessel Maiden Voyage
  • 8/16/07 — NOAA Projects Lake Superior May Hit Record Low Levels this Fall
  • 8/15/06 — Local NOAA Scientists Share Connections Between Oceans and Health
  • 8/15/07 — Record Warmth in Western U.S. in July, Drought Severity Worsened, Global Temperature 7th Warmest for July
  • 8/13/07 — NOAA Fisheries Holds Open House at Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute
  • 8/13/07 — NOAA, State Officials Dedicate $1.2 Million in New and Renovated Facilities for Tijuana River National Estuarine Reserve
  • 8/13/07 — NOAA Coast Survey Continues Sea Floor Mapping Expedition in the Arctic
  • 8/9/07 — NOAA Rejects Longline Swordfish Permit but Remains Committed to Research in Closed Areas
  • 8/9/07 — Marine Zones Now in Federal Waters of NOAA’s Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
  • 8/9/07 — NOAA Updates Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook; Above-Normal Season Still Expected
  • 8/6/07 — NOAA’s National Weather Service Selects New Leader of Ruskin, Fla., Forecast Office
  • 8/6/07 — Commerce Secretary Assigns New Director for NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations Centers
  • 8/3/07 — NOAA, NASA Announce Contract Modification for N-Prime Satellite
  • 8/3/07 — NOAA Develops Seafood Consumer Guide: To be Unveiled at the Great American Seafood Cook-off in New Orleans
  • 8/3/07 — NOAA Fisheries Service Issues Rule to Improve Sea Turtle Bycatch Monitoring

July

  • 7/31/07 — NOAA ‘Tall Tower’ To Track Front Range Carbon Emissions, Air Quality
  • 7/31/07 — NOAA Report on Nutrient Pollution Forecasts Worsening Health for Nation's Estuaries
  • 7/26/07 — Smithsonian Exhibit Celebrates 200th Anniversary of NOAA Predecessor; Exhibit Opening Today at Port of New Orleans' Administration Building
  • 7/26/07 — NOAA Announces First 2007 Grant Recipient for Regional Integrated Ocean Observing Systems Development
  • 7/26/07 — NOAA Deploys Third “Smart Buoy” as Part of Interpretive Buoy System on the Chesapeake Bay
  • 7/25/07 — Weather, Transportation Experts Collaborate to Reduce Weather-related Transportation Deaths, Injuries, Damage and Inefficiencies
  • 7/24/07 — NOAA Proposes Stringent Limits to Sandbar Shark Fishing
  • 7/23/07 — New Web Site Provides Pacific Northwest Shellfish Growers with Real-time Water Quality Data
  • 7/17/07 — 2007 Starts Warmer, Drier than Average for Much of U.S., Global Average Temperature Second Warmest on Record since January
  • 7/17/07 — NOAA and Louisiana Scientists Say Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone" Could Be Largest since Measurements Began in 1985
  • 7/17/07 — NOAA Names New Director at Climate Prediction Center
  • 7/16/07— NOAA Commissions New Fisheries Survey Vessel Henry B. Bigelow
  • 7/16/07 — NOAA’s National Weather Service Selects New Leader of Topeka Weather Forecast Office
  • 7/12/07 — Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska and New Bedford, Mass., Remain Top U.S. Fishing Ports for 2006
  • 7/12/07 — Spotted Seatrout Is Top Catch Among Saltwater Recreational Anglers for the Third Year in a Row
  • 7/12/07 — Seafood Consumption Increases in 2006
  • 7/9/07 — Strong Protection Measures for Marine Mammals Tied to Operation of Low Frequency Sonar
  • 7/3/07 — NOAA Partners with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Help Sharks Keep Their Fins

June

  • 6/28/07 — NOAA & Coast Guard Help Shift Boston Ship Traffic Lane to Reduce Risk of Collisions with Whales
  • 6/27/07 — New NOAA Research Vessel Exceeds International Standards as Quiet Vessel
  • 6/25/07 — NOAA Hunts for Deep-sea Fish Habitat off Georgia Coast
  • 6/25/07 — NOAA Announces Rule to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales from Gillnet Entanglement in Southeast U.S.
  • 6/25/07 — NOAA Announces Appointments of Regional Fishery Council Members
  • 6/25/07 — NOAA Reminds Kids: “When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors”
  • 6/22/07 — NOAA Releases Annual Status of U.S. Fisheries Report for 2006
  • 6/21/07 — Smithsonian Poster Exhibit Celebrates 200th Anniversary of NOAA Predecessor
  • 6/21/07 — NOAA’s National Weather Service Debuts Heat/Health Watch Warning System in Parts of San Francisco Bay Area
  • 6/21/07 — NOAA Promotes Clean Marina Program to Enhance Waterfronts; Boaters in Hundreds of Marinas Benefit from Local Waste & Pollution Control
  • 6/21/07 — NOAA Releases Revised Five-year Research Plan for Public Review
  • 6/18/07 — NOAA & U.S. Coast Guard Map Long Island Shore to Prepare for Spills
  • 6/16/07 — NOAA Emphasizes Importance of Using New Elevations in Louisiana Reconstruction, Recovery Projects
  • 6/15/07 — NOAA and VT Halter Marine Celebrate the “Laying of the Keel” For NOAA’s Two Newest Ships
  • 6/14/07 — Widespread Warmth Leads to the Fifth Warmest Spring for U.S., Driest Spring on Record Across the Southeast Worsens Drought
  • 6/12/06 — NOAA Volunteers and Partners Restore Chesapeake Bay Habitat in Maryland and Virginia
  • 6/11/07 — NOAA Expands Great Lakes Research; Ten Universities Named to Form Great Lakes Cooperative Institute
  • 6/11/07 — First-of-kind Buoy to Monitor North Pacific Acidification
  • 6/11/07 — NOAA Green Ships Win White House Award
  • 6/8/07 — NOAA Celebrates World Ocean Day; Recognizes Fifth Anniversary of the UN Atlas of the Oceans
  • 6/7/07 — NOAA Scientists Partner with International Team of Experts to Determine Reactions of Marine Mammals to Underwater Sound
  • 6/5/07 — NOAA Names Veteran Meteorologist to Lead National Weather Service
  • 6/5/07 — Chaland Headland Named One of America’s Top Restored Beaches Following NOAA-led Project in Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
  • 6/4/07 — NOAA Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary Shipwreck Paul Palmer Listed on National Register of Historic Places
  • 6/1/07 — NOAA and the National Park Service Team up to Educate Beachgoers on How to Break the Grip of the Rip®

May

  • 5/31/07 — NOAA Presents Student Award at 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
  • 5/31/07 — Historic Connecticut Fish Run Restored
  • 5/25/07 — Harper Named to Run NOAA’s Satellite Acquisitions
  • 5/25/07 — Student Team from Connecticut’s Naugatuck High School Names NOAA’s New Coastal Mapping Vessel
  • 5/23/07 — NOAA, Partners Restore Critical Fish Migration in Pennypack Creek
  • 5/22/07 — NOAA Predicts above Normal 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season
  • 5/22/07 — NOAA Predicts below Normal 2007 East Pacific Hurricane Season
  • 5/21/07 — NOAA Announces Central Pacific Hurricane Season Outlook; Watches and Warnings Now to Cover NW Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Island
  • 5/16/07 — Despite Record Cold Start, April Temperature Near Average for U.S., Global April Surface Temperature Third Warmest on Record
  • 5/16/07 — NOAA Temporarily Suspends Requirement to Use Circle Hooks in Atlantic Billfish Tournaments
  • 5/14/07 — NOAA Hosts Hazardous Weather Forecasting Experiment in New National Weather Center
  • 5/9/07 — NOAA Ocean Explorer Web Site Honored by Webby Awards for Excellence in Science and Education
  • 5/9/07 — Storm Size, Intensity, Key to Evaluating Potential Hurricane Damage
  • 5/9/07 — NOAA Deploys First “Smart Buoy” to Support Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
  • 5/9/07 — Conference Seeks to Strengthen International Fishery Observer Programs
  • 5/8/07 — Bush Administration Calls for Greater Protection of Nation’s Coral Reefs
  • 5/7/07 — Puget Sound Steelhead Get Protection under Endangered Species Act
  • 5/4/07 — Study Shows Big Economic Benefits of NOAA PORTS® Ocean Observing System in Houston/Galveston
  • 5/4/07 — CAMEO Chemicals: NOAA’s New Online Tool for Hazardous Materials Responders
  • 5/4/07 — Jane C. Luxton to Be New NOAA General Counsel
  • 5/3/07 — Renowned Environmental Artist to Create Commemorative Painting for NOAA’s 200th Celebration
  • 5/3/07 — Students Selected for 2007 NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholarships
  • 5/1/07 — NOAA’s National Weather Service to Launch Pacific Northwest Severe Weather Awareness Week

April

  • 4/30/07 — It’s Air Quality Awareness Week: Keep an Eye on the AQI
  • 4/26/07 — NOAA Lab Opens 3-D Earth Site in Online Virtual World
  • 4/26/07 — A.R. Ravishankara Named Division Director of NOAA Boulder Laboratory
  • 4/26/07 — NOAA Announces Next Solar Storm Cycle Will Likely Start Next March
  • 4/23/07 — NOAA Hurricane Hunter Aircraft to Embark on East Coast Tour
  • 4/19/07 — Eight New NOAA Buoys Will Provide More Forecasting Data this Hurricane Season
  • 4/19/07 — NOAA Recommends Listing Cook Inlet Belugas Under Endangered Species Act
  • 4/19/07 — In Many Places and in Many Ways NOAA’s Environmental Heroes Help Protect the Planet
  • 4/19/07 — New NOAA Climate Observatory in Russia Closes Gap on Arctic Research
  • 4/17/07 — Climate Models Suggest Warming-Induced Wind Shear Changes Could Impact Hurricane Development, Intensity
  • 4/16/07 — March Temperatures Second Warmest on Record for U.S.; Global March Temperature Fifth Warmest on Record
  • 4/16/07 — California Sea Floor Survey Sheds New Light on Big Waves
  • 4/13/07 — Secretary Gutierrez Marks 200th Anniversary of NOAA’s Coast and Geodetic Survey in Thomas Jefferson Birthday Ceremony
  • 4/13/07 — NOAA Creates Seafood Marketing Councils
  • 4/12/07 — Australia To Launch Its First NOAA DART II Tsunami Buoy
  • 4/11/07 — NOAA, NASA to Restore a Key Climate Sensor to NPOESS Preparatory Project
  • 4/11/07 — Office of Space Commercialization Strategic Plan to Strengthen U.S. Leadership in Space Commerce
  • 4/9/07 — U.S. Hurricane Forecasters to Raise Awareness During Caribbean Tour
  • 4/4/07 — Researchers Find Global Positioning System Is Significantly Impacted by Powerful Solar Radio Burst
  • 4/3/07 — Student Team from California’s Marina High School Names NOAA’s Newest Fisheries Vessel
  • 4/3/07 — Tree Trunks Provide Paddle Point Launch Sites and Fish Habitat
  • 4/2/07 — NOAA Continues To Increase U.S. Tsunami Warning Capability; Three DART Buoy Stations Deployed off the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean

March

  • 3/31/07 — Volunteers Count Whales from the Shores of O‘ahu, Kaua‘i, the Big Island, and Kaho‘olawe
  • 3/29/07 — NOAA Releases Report on Hawaii Discarded Military Munitions Site Survey
  • 3/28/07 — NOAA Announces New Strategy for GOES-R Satellite Development and Acquisition
  • 3/28/07 — Baker Selected as New Deputy Assistant Administrator for NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service
  • 3/28/07 — NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service Launches Web Site for Tracking and Verifying Dolphin-Safe Tuna Products
  • 3/28/07 — NOAA Publishes Annual List That Categorizes Fisheries by Interaction with Marine Mammals
  • 3/22/07 — NOAA Ships Arrive at New Ford Island Home Port
  • 3/21/07 — Powerful New Tool to Track Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide by Source
  • 3/16/07 — Leading The Way In Improving Ozone Protection
  • 3/15/07 — NOAA Awards Contract for Engineering Analysis Support
  • 3/15/07 — NOAA Says U.S. Winter Temperature Near Average; Global December-February Temperature Warmest on Record
  • 3/15/07 — NOAA Reviews Company Measures to Protect Marine Mammals While Constructing Natural Gas Terminal, Comments Sought
  • 3/15/07 — NOAA Announces U.S. Spring Outlook
  • 3/14/07 — NOAA Releases Report on National Coordination of Ocean and Coastal Water Quality Monitoring
  • 3/12/07 — NOAA’s Gulf of the Farallones Sanctuary Encourages Bay Area Boaters to Watch Out for Whales
  • 3/8/07 — New NOAA Report Shows Nation’s Marine Sanctuaries Made Significant Gains in 2006
  • 3/8/07 — Remember NOAA Weather Radio When Springing Forward
  • 3/7/07 — Protecting Earth’s Ozone Layer Also Helped Slow Climate Change
  • 3/6/07 — NOAA’s National Weather Service Transitions Smoke Forecast Tool into Operations
  • 3/2/07 — NOAA Honors Coastal Cleanup Volunteers at Louisiana Coastal Conservation State Convention
  • 3/2/07 — NOAA’s National Weather Service Teams with 2007 Iditarod; Mushers Will Race Through Alaska’s New StormReady Communities
  • 3/1/07 — NOAA Releases Five-Year Coral Reef Research Plan; New Plan to Further Benefit Coral Reef Ecosystem Research

February

  • 2/27/07 — NOAA Administrator Presents New Budget to Congress
  • 2/27/07 — La Niña May Soon Arrive
  • 2/26/07 — NOAA Studies Causes of Catastrophic Urban Floods, To Improve Forecasts and Better Understand ‘Atmospheric Rivers’
  • 2/26/07 — West Tetons & Island Park Receive New NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards Transmitter
  • 2/26/07 — NOAA’s National Weather Service Recognizes Teton County, Idaho, as StormReady
  • 2/24/07 — Volunteers Count Whales from the Shores of O‘ahu, Kaua‘i, the Big Island, and Kaho‘olawe
  • 2/23/07 — NOAA and Australia Secure Tsunami Partnership
  • 2/22/07 — Ice Center Marks 30 Years of Charting Runaway Icebergs and Examining Ice Content at the Poles
  • 2/21/07 — Federal Research Facilities in South Carolina Join Forces to Advance Ocean Health and Homeland Security
  • 2/20/07 — NOAA Gulfstream-IV Hurricane Surveillance Jet Takes on Pacific Winter Storms to Improve Model Forecasts
  • 2/20/07 — U.S. Board on Geographic Names Honors Coast Survey Commemorating 200th Anniversary of NOAA Predecessor
  • 2/15/07 — Global Average Temperature for January Highest on Record, U.S. Temperature Near Average for Month
  • 2/14/07 — NOAA Fisheries Service Begins Process to End Overfishing by 2010
  • 2/13/07 — NOAA / CIRES Scientists Help Prepare Virginia Beach for Tsunami, Storm-Driven Flooding
  • 2/9/07 — U.S. Whaling Commissioner Denounces Sea Shepherd’s Clash with Japanese Whalers
  • 2/9/07 — NOAA Wants New England Students to Name New Federal Research Ship; Twin Hull Vessel Will Map the Seafloor for New Nautical Charts
  • 2/8/07 — NOAA Analysis Following World Trade Center Collapse Finds Little Significant Change in Coastal Contaminant Concentrations
  • 2/8/07 — NOAA Completes Ecological Study of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region
  • 2/8/07 — Fishing Gear That Could Harm Whales to Be Cleared from Cape Cod Critical Habitat
  • 2/5/07 — NOAA Announces 2008 Budget Request
  • 2/2/07 — Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska and New Bedford, Mass., Remain Top U.S. Fishing Ports for 2005
  • 2/2/07 — Seafood Consumption Declines Slightly in 2005
  • 2/1/07 — NOAA National Weather Service’s Improved Tornado Rating System Now Operational

January

  • 1/23/07 — NOAA Scientists Elected American Geophysical Union Fellows
  • 1/23/07 — NOAA Scientist Wins Prestigious American Meteorological Society Award
  • 1/19/07 — Rhode Island’s Quonset Point/Davisville Facility Being Evaluated as Homeport for First Ocean Exploration Ship
  • 1/18/07 — NOAA Makes Ocean Temperature Data Available to All; New NOAA Archive Gives Temperatures from International Satellites Since 1981
  • 1/17/07 — NOAA Chemical Contamination Assessment Quantifies Extent of Contamination and Toxicity in Chesapeake Bay Sediments
  • 1/17/07 — Pesticide May Negatively Affect Estuarine Health
  • 1/17/07 — NOAA’s National Weather Service Launches New Local Three-Month Temperature Outlook
  • 1/16/07 — NOAA’s National Weather Service Severe Weather Warnings to Provide More Precise Location This Fall
  • 1/11/07 — NOAA Satellites Help Save 272 People in 2006
  • 1/11/07 — Study Shows Pfiesteria Triggered by Multiple Components
  • 1/9/07 — NOAA Reports 2006 Warmest Year on Record for U.S.; General Warming Trend, El Niño Contribute to Milder Winter Temps
  • 1/8/07 — Seafood Importer and Associated Corporations Receive Imprisonment and Fines
  • 1/8/07 — NOAA Touts Major Accomplishments in 2006
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