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Preventing Aquatic Invasive Species Through Vector Management: Live Bait Vector as a Model in the Mid-Atlantic Region Maryland Sea Grant College. The Maryland Sea Grant College, in partnership with the Sea Grant College programs in the Mid-Atlantic states (DE, NC, NJ, PA and VA), seeks proposals for…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 10-OPA133 CHICAGO (Nov.2, 2010) — U.S
NOAA’s Office of Education announced today that it has awarded grants totaling more than $8 million to seventeen institutions across the country to engage the public in science education activities that improve understanding and stewardship of the local and global environment.
I congratulate Dr. Steve Murawski on the announcement of his new position as St. Petersburg Downtown Progress- Peter R. Betzer research professor at the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science, which he will begin in January.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing four facilities with the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) award for using innovative techniques to generate power and thermal energy
To better connect educators and students who are interested in NOAA’s education and science resources, NOAA has just completed a major update of the agency’s primary education resource portal, http://www.education.noaa.gov.
By Wendy DewClimate change is a problem that is affecting people and the environment. In the U.S., our energy-related activities account for over 85 percent of our human-generated greenhouse gas emissions, mostly in the form of carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels. If greenhouse gases…
I am deeply saddened to share news of the passing of Dr. Isabella Abbott on October 28 at the age of 91. A pioneer in the study of central-Pacific seaweeds, Izzie was a font of knowledge and a beacon of inspiration for generations of marine biologists around the world, but especially at the two…
NOAA has announced seasonal vessel speed restrictions along the U.S. East Coast where the endangered right whale travels to protect them from being injured or killed by colliding with ships. The restrictions - the same as imposed last year - require vessels 65 feet or longer to travel at 10 knots or…
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing its list of the top 50 organizations using the most renewable electricity
By Cindy WalkeThis fall marks the 20th anniversary of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and as an avid horsewoman, the anniversary highlights why autumn is still my favorite time of year. I’m able to get out on the trails with my horse and enjoy all of the sights and smells that the fall season…
By Greg Miller This is the report that drew me to EPA 10 years ago. I was a recent graduate from University of Michigan’s School of Public Health when I saw a job posting for work on environmental health policy. I had no idea what a unique opportunity I was being given. On my first day at [...]
PHILADELPHIA (October 28, 2010) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s mid-Atlantic office has awarded Vienna, W. Va. a source water protection award for its work in protecting drinking water sources
Boston College Biologist Marc Muskavitch and Global Team Decode Pathogenome of Virus-Spreading Mosquito (Sep 30, 2010) Boston College. An international group of researchers has sequenced the genome of the Southern house mosquito, providing new insights into the most widespread disease-bearing…
New USDA Study Shows Extent of Land Degradation and Recovery on Western Rangelands (Oct 1, 2010) USDA . Natural Resources Conservation Service. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a new study by scientists and conservationists showing that non-federal rangelands in the Western United States…
New Study Shows Over One Fifth of the World's Plants are Under Threat of Extinction (Sep 29, 2010) International Union for Conservation of Nature. A global analysis of extinction risk for the world's plants, conducted by the RoyalBotanic Gardens, Kew together with the Natural History Museum,…
By Mona CaseyAs a parent who lost a son at the tender age of 15 to the intentional inhalation of refrigerant, also known as huffing, I can attest that losing a child to something so senseless and preventable is extremely heartbreaking and difficult to accept. Access to the refrigerant is typically…
(St. Croix, USVI) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the 2010 list of waters in the U.S. Virgin Islands that are considered either impaired or threatened by pollution
NOAA Fisheries scientists onboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer are collecting plankton samples from Hawaii to the U.S. West Coast and collecting floating plastic debris from the so-called great Pacific garbage patch, a concentrated area of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean.