NOS's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) recently hosted an Oceanography Merit Badge class for the Boy Scouts of America. Scouts participated in a variety of oceanography lessons, interactive exhibits and demonstrations at CO-OPS' satellite office in Chesapeake, Virginia. Fifty Boy Scouts from across Virginia, ranging from ages ten to 16, participated in the program to qualify for their badge. More...
For every dollar American taxpayers spend on NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Coastal Mapping Program, they receive more than $35 in benefits. This statistic was the result of a recent independent socio-economic scoping study. More...
In April, scientists from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science-funded Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms research project in the Gulf of Maine issued an outlook for moderate regional algal blooms in 2012. More...