NOAA's National Ocean Service

Researchers in Hawaii recently discovered that coral reef habitats found in intermediate depths host some of the same species that live on coral reefs in shallower waters.
The National Marine Protected Areas Center recently announced the admission of 225 existing marine protected areas into the National System of Marine Protected Areas.
NOAA recently opened a new learning center for scientists and the public at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary in Kihei, Maui.
Thousands of students will take part in a virtual field trip to the marshes and bays of four estuaries in May to learn about the impacts of climate change on the nation's coasts.
Mariners are once again able to travel through the Soo Locks after the locks were recently reopened. And, thanks in part to NOAA water-level data, these mariners can safely navigate their way.