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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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