Juliana Blackwell, new NGS directorJuliana P. Blackwell has been named the new director of NOAA's Office of National Geodetic Survey.
screenshots of the new NOS overview videoWhat is NOS all about? Watch our new video and find out.
Workers clean up spilled oil along the Tinicum Island shoreline in Pennsylvania NOAA and partners have announced a restoration plan for shoreline and habitats of the Delaware River damaged by a 2004 oil spill. Here, a sheen of oil is still visible in the river three days after the initial spill.
Coastal Fellows 2009 Coastal Management Fellowship applications are now being accepted. Here, former fellows and fellowship coordinators take a break from a previous years program to enjoy a paddling trip near Charleston, South Carolina.
Divers looking at a lobster trapTens of thousands of spiny lobster traps are lost each year in Florida waters, scattering debris that traps, injures, or kills sea life.
NOS award winnersA team of NOS researchers recently won the highest award given by the Secretary of Commerce for developing techniques to locate and map underwater unexploded ordnance in shallow water.
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Delaware River spill area A new restoration plan is open for public comment for areas of the Delaware River affected by a 2004 oil spill.

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