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A recent mission marked the completion of a five-year collaboration between the United States and Canada to survey the Arctic Ocean. The bilateral project collected scientific data to delineate the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the coastline, also known as the extended continental…
The globe experienced its 12th warmest November since record keeping began in 1880.
By Carmen TorrentRecently, I had a respiratory problem and had to use an inhaler to breathe better. It’s very difficult to describe the sensation of helplessness that I felt because I never experienced something like that before. I was very lucky because I was with two of my colleagues who knew…
Por Carmen TorrentRecientemente tuve un problema respiratorio y por primera vez tuve que utilizar un inhalador. La sensación de impotencia es algo difícil de describir. Por suerte dos colegas sabían qué hacer y me ayudaron. Después de estabilizarme, recuerdo como una de ellas me decía:…
On December 14, the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) trustees released the Deepwater Horizon Draft Phase I Early Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for formal public comment.The plan proposes the first round of projects for early restoration of Gulf natural…
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection.Previous Science Wednesdays.By Aaron FersterI’m a big fan of those “Top Ten” lists that come out at the end of every year. I like to track how many of my favorite movie critic’s Top Ten List of Films I’ve caught during…
The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest and, with a length of 1,953 kilometers (1,214 miles), is the 15th longest in North America. From its source at Columbia Lake at an elevation of 809 meters (2,650 feet) in Canada's Selkirk Mountains it first flows northwestward…
Andaman Island and the great sweep of the Sunda Arc, over 3,000 kilometers from NW Sumatra to the Banda Sea, results from the subduction of Indian Ocean crust beneath the Asian Plate. This arc includes 76 percent of the region's volcanoes, and those on either end are tectonically more complex.…
Remarks by the NOAA Administrator on a Weather-Ready Nation at the Severe Weather Symposium in Norman, Oklahoma
By Amy MillerPainstakingly I am switching from incandescent light bulbs to energy-saving CFLs. One by one as bulbs burn out I twist in newly purchased energy saving bulbs.I started in the bathroom, under glass sconces where you couldn’t really see the weird shape of the bulbs. Who needs…
A bill introduced in Congress yesterday would prevent pirate fishing vessels from entering U.S. ports to offload their illegally caught seafood. This pirate fishing is often called illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
By Jeri WeissHere’s a quick quiz: 1. What happens to the packaged snacks second graders decide not to eat? 2. What do hotels do with the half rolls of toilet-paper and half bottles of shampoo you leave behind? 3. Where does uneaten food, including food still in wrappers, end up after a conference…
By Jeanethe FalveyIt’s time to catch my breath and begin an archaeological dig to find my desk again. Utterly astounding what happens to it, even protected from the natural events that douse, drench and sock Boston this time of year.As I recycle used post-its and make a fresh to-do list, I find…
By Amy MillerMy dog is cute, but she poops.I knew when I decided to get a dog that she would poop. Every day.So I called my friends with dogs. What do you do with the poop, I asked. And then I started hearing the numbers. The official, how-bad-is-dog-poop-for-the-environment numbers. It turns out:…
Corals damaged in 2002 when a boat ran aground in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary are now thriving following a restoration and near decade-long monitoring effort, according to a new NOAA report released today. With hundreds of groundings happening each year in the sanctuary, lessons…
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A new federal policy proposed today will help clarify which species or populations of species are eligible for protection under the Endangered Species Act and will provide for earlier and more effective opportunities to conserve declining species.
By Lina YounesThis past weekend my children decided to set up the Christmas tree. At the end of the decorating event, they asked that we light up the chimney to sit back, have hot cocoa and roast marshmallows. Even though the evening was not that cold, we willingly complied because we wanted to…
Por Lina YounesEste pasado fin de semana, mis hijas decidieron colocar el árbol de Navidad.Cuando terminaron de decorarlo, nos pidieron que alumbrásemos la chimenea para disfrutar del momento bebiendo chocolate caliente y comiendo malvaviscos. Aunque no hacía tanto frío, gustosamente accedimos a…
Great Lakes perch lovers will find good news in a new NOAA study that shows yellow perch efficiently eliminate a harmful algal toxin from their tissues. The findings suggest that unless the fish are caught during a toxic algal bloom, eating them will not likely expose people to unsafe levels of the…