Sea Grant-Funded Researchers Explore Offshore Wind Energy Prospects:
Delaware’s electric power generators are currently powered entirely by fossil fuels, which emit carbon dioxide—a greenhouse gas widely recognized as contributing to global warming—into the atmosphere.

Tracking the Influence of Wind and Waves on Pollutants in the Great Lakes:
The Great Lakes coastline is the largest in the Continental United States, containing over 500 recreational beaches.

Sea Grant-Funded Researcher Takes on Willapa Bay’s Troublesome Oyster Drills:
Washington’s Willapa Bay is the number one oyster producer in the U.S. and among the top five oyster producers worldwide.

NOAA Workshop on Climate Science and Services Coastal Applications for Decision Making through Sea Grant Extension and Outreach:
NOAA recently convened a highly successful Workshop on Climate Science and Services: Coastal Applications for Decision Making through Sea Grant Extension and Outreach in Charleston, South Carolina (April 10-12, 2007).

Experiment mixes research and operations to improve severe weather warnings:
In an effort to better understand gas hydrates and their makeup, scientists and engineers from the Center for Hydrate Research at the Colorado School of Mines and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have for the first time obtained data from a Raman spectrometer deployed in the deep sea.

Unlocking the secrets of gas hydrates - Bringing the laboratory undersea:
In an effort to better understand gas hydrates and their makeup, scientists and engineers from the Center for Hydrate Research at the Colorado School of Mines and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have for the first time obtained data from a Raman spectrometer deployed in the deep sea.

New Sea Grant research may hold the answer to $100 million question:
Researchers in Scott Nixon’s Coastal Ecology Laboratory want to know what’s going to happen to Narragansett Bay, R.I., when nitrogen discharges from the Bay’s sewage treatment plants are markedly reduced over the next few years.

Recovery of Global Drifter 1250: A 521-Day Journey:
After a 521-day journey across the Atlantic Ocean, Global Drifter 1250 was recovered 21 February 2007 near Brest, France.

Carbon Tracker a Powerful New Tool to Track Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide by Source:
Scientists from the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory announced today a new tool to monitor changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by region and source.

To Explore the Deepest Ocean, Nereus Past and Nereus Future Have One Thing in Common—Change!:
Pop Quiz for those who have not read the headline! Which Nereus changes its shape—the old and wise mythological Greek god of the sea, or the new Nereus, under development to explore 35,000 feet (11,000 meters) deep?

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