By Lina Younes As I was watching one of the morning shows covering the Olympics Games this week, I saw a feature story about a primary school in England that had incorporated cooking classes into the curriculum. The intention was not to produce future chefs, although many of the students had become…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Emerald Ash Borer Found in Prospect and Naugatuck, Connecticut (Jul 20, 2012) The Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) found in Prospect, CT has been confirmed by federal regulatory officials. This is the first record of this…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation to Protect New York's Waterways and Natural Habitat from Invasive Species (Jul 24, 2012) The legislation signed by the Governor will help address the risk to New York's environment…
Earth's oceans, forests and other ecosystems continue to soak up about half the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by human activities, even as those emissions have increased, according to a study by University of Colorado and NOAA scientists published today in the journal Nature.
By Kelly Dulka While vacationing in Nags Head, NC, I became curious about the pier just a few blocks down the beach and had heard it had an environmental education center, so I decided to check it out. Jennette’s Pier originally opened in 1939, and changed fishing on the Outer Banks forever. For…
A new federal interactive online mapping tool used by emergency responders during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been expanded to include the Arctic, and will help address numerous challenges in the Arctic posed by increasing ship traffic and proposed energy development.
By Alexis Glears This summer, I’m working at EPA. Because this is an agency whose mission is to protect the environment, I decided to try to create long-term, environmentally conscious habits. Every day for a work week, I chose one simple task to work into my daily routine. On day one, my friends…
A 2011 NOAA research paper that tied weaker South Asian summer monsoons to human activities has won the World Meteorological Organization’s Norbert Gerbier-MUMM International Award for 2013.
NOAA Ship Fairweather begins a 30-day survey mission in the Arctic this week, scheduled to check a sparsely measured 1,500-nautical mile coastal corridor from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, north through the Bering Strait and east to the Canadian border.
By Natalie Hummel Recently, I attended an urban manufacturing tour in Philadelphia with a dedicated group from Philadelphia’s Department of Labor, Commerce and Water, University of Penn, Drexel University, Peoples Emergency Center and the Pratt Center (NY). It was an exciting opportunity to step…
NOAA-supported scientists have found the size of this year’s Gulf of Mexico oxygen-free 'dead zone' to be the fourth smallest since mapping of the annual hypoxic, or oxygen-free area began in 1985.
By Jessica Orquina Do you check in everywhere you go? Are you the mayor of your favorite coffee shop, café, or park? Then you’ll want to check this out. I’m excited to announce that EPA has joined Foursquare! Here is the link to our page: http://foursquare.com/epagov On Foursquare, we’re…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- What Anglers Can Do To Fight Invasive Species (Jul 3, 2012) See how you can help prevent aquatic invasive species and protect our waters! * See our Aquatic Species - What You Can Do for more information and additional resources.
By Jeanethe Falvey Nature and what we build in it has a way of redefining our notion of worst-case scenario. What more can we do, but forge ahead hoping it doesn’t happen to us? ‘Deepwater Horizon,’ ‘Katrina’, ‘Yellowstone River’… The list goes on. We live on a dynamic planet and…
By Lina Younes With this unrelenting heat and dry weather I didn’t think we would have a problem with mosquitoes in our area. However, it seems to me that there are unusual numbers of mosquitoes and other bugs this summer in spite of the limited rainfall in our region. In fact, you do not need…
By Amy Miller I have a headache. I just bought a new car and I tell you, it’s confusing. We have a van and an AWD wagon. We like them both, but as you know the gas is killing us. Let’s go for one of those 40 mpg and greater cars, I told my husband. [...]
By Lina Younes There is no doubt that being “the first” at something is often newsworthy. For example, being the first to reach the finish line or being the first to set a world record. However, how many times being “the first” is truly historic? Such is the case of some women who were true…
By Amy Miller I might as well move to Alaska where you have to walk around with a net over your head all summer. The little black flies were so bad at the top of Blueberry Mountain in the White Mountain National Forest of Maine (that’s right! The Whites Mountains cross into Maine) that I [...]
Scientists from Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and partner agencies will depart Key West Thursday aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster to map fish spawning sites between Key West and the Dry Tortugas.
Officials from NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and the city of Santa Cruz today celebrated the opening of the Sanctuary Exploration Center, a state-of-the-art facility full of interpretive and hands-on exhibits highlighting the sanctuary’s extraordinary natural and cultural…