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NOAA's Ocean Service
New #NOAA manual gives coastal managers tips for combating invasive lionfish. Get the story: http://go.usa.gov/Ynyk
NOAA Ocean Explorer
Can chemicals from marine plants & animals be used to treat human diseases? Dr. Shirley Pomponi is hoping to find out: http://go.usa.gov/YNGV
Why do we explore? Check out these lesson plans & learn: http://go.usa.gov/YNWP . The info isn't just for teachers...we can all be students.
@WhoDat35 This site shows locations of all major NOAA vessels: http://shiptracker.noaa.gov/shiptracker.html …. Looks like Gordon Gunter and Oregon II are in the Gulf.
@_Mommy_Earth Go here: http://go.usa.gov/YXAe & type in "pollution." You'll find +100 educ materials to help you understand ocean pollution.
@WhoDat35 Okeanos Explorer is in port in Rhode Island for winter, so there was no Sunday mission. All past data here: http://go.usa.gov/YXAB
Part of research & exploration is testing new technology, like using synthetic aperture sonar to hunt for #shipwrecks: http://go.usa.gov/YX9B
Just for Friday: A basket star clings to Metallogorgia octocoral. Know why it's an OCTOcoral? http://go.usa.gov/Y9CB pic.twitter.com/LLooBHJz
Did you know that we can tell a fish's age using its inner ear bones, which acquire growth rings much like tree rings? http://go.usa.gov/Y8gm
Did you know #NOAA Okeanos Explorer is the only federal ship designated to explore the ocean for discovery purposes? http://go.usa.gov/YKGk
Carnivorous Venus Flytrap plant? Nope; this Venus purse anemone is a type of polyp, related to corals and jellies. pic.twitter.com/P0CimOLw
Video of shrimp seen at the Niua North hydrothermal vent site, located at 800 m depth in the Submarine Ring of Fire: http://go.usa.gov/YDah
Red is a common color for mesopelagic jellies partly b/c it masks bioluminescence emitted by prey in a jelly's belly... pic.twitter.com/kuZcaWvN
#NOAA Ship Nancy Foster's carefully run kitchen means that no one on board goes hungry: http://go.usa.gov/Y2JG
Are coral populations in different deepwater canyons isolated or related? How do we know? Why do we care? http://go.usa.gov/Y4nW
Not all #NOAA Ship Nancy Foster visitors are what you might expect; some are very far from home: http://go.usa.gov/YYdm pic.twitter.com/C6dEm40d
In deepwater canyons off coasts of VA and MD, what lies (and lives) beneath...and why do scientists want to know? http://go.usa.gov/YYCA
Why is the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management partnering with #NOAA to study shipwrecks off the Virginia Coast? http://go.usa.gov/YCkB
Finding a #shipwreck is often a process rather than an event. So when can you really say you have "found" it? http://go.usa.gov/Yazh
VIDEO: Watch closely and you'll see a chain catshark embryo moving around in its "mermaid's purse," or egg case: http://go.usa.gov/YxPG
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