Restoring Coastal Places
How science helps us understand — and work to undo — damage from pollution to our coastal waterways and Great Lakes.
How science helps us understand — and work to undo — damage from pollution to our coastal waterways and Great Lakes.
Citizen science typically involves data collection by members of the public who pass their information along to researchers trying to answer real-world questions. NOAA offers many opportunities. See how you can help!
Carbon is the foundation for all life on Earth. The carbon cycle is nature's way of recycling carbon atoms. Get what you need to know in under two minutes with our new animated video!
Improving the health of our ocean requires investment. But that investment doesn’t have to be a choice between our planet and our pocketbooks. Sometimes solutions to ocean problems can save money.
The rising and falling of the sea is a phenomenon upon which we can always depend. Tides are the regular rise and fall of the sea surface caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun and their position relative to the earth. There are some factors that cause the tides to be higher than what is "normally" seen from day to day. View our bulletin to see when you may experience higher than normal high tides for the period of time between March and May, 2019.
Former Senator Ernest “Fritz” Hollings passed away on April 6 at his home in South Carolina. Though perhaps more widely known for his work on social and fiscal issues, here at NOAA, we know him as one of the founding figures of our agency and a true ally of the NOS mission to preserve and protect our coastal and ocean special places while supporting economic prosperity.
In our latest podcast, Cindy Among-Serrao from Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary talks about how citizen scientists help monitor and promote awareness about marine life during the annual Sanctuary Ocean Count.
Sponges are animals with dense skeletons that are often mistaken for plants, and appear in a wide variety of colors, shapes, and sizes. Scientists believe that the colors of the sponge may act as a protection from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
A project to survey the nation's gravity field will soon allow us to calculate heights with much greater accuracy. Mapping out hurricane evacuation routes and floodplains are just two cases in which it is critical to know accurate land heights so that we know which way water will flow.
In our latest podcast episode, a NOAA ecologist discusses how invasive lionfish have become established across the Southeast U.S. and Caribbean. How did the fish get to the Atlantic? While the exact cause is unknown, it's likely that humans provided a helping hand.
Tide pools are filled with seawater that gets trapped as the tide recedes. While these small basins at the ocean’s edge typically range from mere inches to a few feet deep and a few feet across, they are packed with sturdy sea life.
See how "precision navigation" combines private sector innovation and NOAA data streams to support the complex decisions mariners must make as they navigate ever-larger ships through U.S. ports.
