![Global Ocean Observing System for Climate and Marine Services Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090506070534im_/http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/climateobs_a.jpg) |
Building a Sustained
Ocean Observing System for Climate:
Central to describing, understanding, and predicting the earth's
climate system is observation.
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![Map of experimental forecast domain and evaluation area](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090506070534im_/http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/forecastmodels_a.gif) |
NSSL Researchers
Working to Improve Forecast Models:
Ever plan a picnic and then have it ruined by lightning, rain
and hail? Scientists at NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory
are working toward improving the tools forecasters use to predict
such storms.
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![One of three innovative guides designed to help residents and visitors discover and appreciate New Jersey's natural and cultural coastal resources.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090506070534im_/http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/ecotourism_a.jpg) |
Ecotourism: A Natural
Alternative for Exploring New Jersey:
While New Jersey's coastal tourism industry clearly depends
on conventional attractions and activities like its beaches, boardwalks,
and family resorts, there is a growing trend toward ecotourism,
a travel alternative expected to explode in the next millennium.
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![Topside aboard the U.S.S. Monitor](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090506070534im_/http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/monitor_a.jpg) |
Saving the U.S.S. Monitor:
One might think that it is too late to save a ship that sunk
140 years ago.
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![Teacher-at-sea Susan Carty](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090506070534im_/http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/aceasia_a.jpg) |
Join Our Teacher At Sea
On Her Exciting Adventure:
NOAA’s Office of Global Programs has engaged Susan Carty, a
science teacher from Stetson Middle School in Pennsylvania, to sail
on the NOAA Research Vessel Ronald H. Brown as part of the ACE-Asia
field campaign.
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![Painting depicting the sinking of the Titanic. Icebergs are now rarely observed so far south.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090506070534im_/http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/sunclimate_a.jpg) |
The Sun-Climate Connection
(Did Sunspots Sink the Titanic?):
Nearly every day, new evidence is presented showing that the
globally averaged temperature of Earth has increased over the last
few centuries.
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![Prickly green sea urchins are the focus of research](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090506070534im_/http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/urchins_a.jpg) |
UNH Researchers Working
to Revitalize Gulf of Maine Urchin Industry:
During the past 10 years, the Gulf of Maine green sea urchin
industry has gone from boom to bust.
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![Stratus mooring on station at 18S, 85W](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090506070534im_/http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/stratus_a.jpg) |
Boundary Layer Studies
in the Stratus Deck Regions of the Eastern Pacific:
In October Bob Weller began a 3-year long study of the region
of the eastern Pacific off the coast of Chile.
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![Tubeworm and mussel bed provides shelter and protection from predators.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090506070534im_/http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/deepsea_a.jpg) |
The Edge of the Gulf:
Deep Sea Expedition to the Gulf of Mexico:
Beneath the Gulf of Mexico, the same oil and gas that heats
homes and powers cars, seeps out naturally from the seafloor.
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![High school students discuss their "final answer" during last year's competition.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090506070534im_/http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/oceanbowl_a.jpg) |
NOAA Helps Make the
Bowl a Ball:
Many high school students with a keen interest in ocean-related
sciences are preparing for this spring's National Ocean Sciences
Bowl.
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