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What's New

Each week, there are many interesting developments throughout NOS that reflect the diversity of its mission. Read news capsules in this section to keep tabs on news in ocean and coastal science and technolgy related to NOS.

Press Releases

NOAA issues many press releases each week. Releases pertinent to NOS are presented here.

NOS on NOAA.gov

NOS regularly contributes content to the main NOAA Web site. This page provides access to NOS stories that are posted on the NOAA Web site.

Features

Read these 500- to 1000-word stories to learn more about science or technolgies connected to the NOS mission.

Wavebreaking News

Wavebreaking News is a multimedia presentation of stories related to the mission and activities of NOS. Running time for each edition is between three and five minutes. Transcripts of each story, links to related NOAA and NOS Web sites, and contact information are provided. Wavebreaking News is available at high- and low-speed Internet connections in two different movie formats: Quicktime and Windows Media. The low-speed Quicktime version will open automatically.

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