Coastal Blue Carbon
The world's coastal ecosystems — coastal salt marshes, mangrove forests, and seagrass meadows — are incredibly efficient at capturing and storing large quantities of carbon. Get to know coastal blue carbon.
The world's coastal ecosystems — coastal salt marshes, mangrove forests, and seagrass meadows — are incredibly efficient at capturing and storing large quantities of carbon. Get to know coastal blue carbon.
Since the early 1900’s the National Geodetic Survey has been taking photographs from airplanes to capture the Earth below. We talk with two NOAA experts about their role in emergency response imagery collection after hurricanes, and what it provides for the public.
Did you know that there are about 120 World War II-era aircraft lying at the bottom of Lake Michigan? NOAA's Office of Coast Survey and the U.S. Navy partnered up to survey and preserve this piece of history. See what they found.
Using sound science to keep America’s coasts clean from the threats of oil, chemicals, and marine debris. Enhancing emergency preparedness and response for NOAA and our partners. See how the Office of Response & Restoration is vital to our nation. The new director of OR&R takes the pen this month to share his vision.
Throughout 2020, NOAA is celebrating 50 years of science, service and stewardship. Since its inception on October 3, 1970, NOAA has become one of the world’s premier science agencies with a mission that spans from the surface of the sun to the floor of the ocean. See where we’ve been and where we’re going at www.noaa.gov/50-years.
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 December 2019 and February 2020.
Animal telemetry is the science of gathering information on the movement and behavior of marine organisms using digital tags. Now, after years in development, an online portal is available that allows anyone to view the movement and behavior of tagged marine organisms worldwide.
NOAA 2020 tide tables are now available. NOAA tide predictions are used by both commercial and recreational mariners for safe navigation. NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services produce these tide tables on an annual basis.
Marine debris is a pervasive issue in many coastal areas of the United States, where tourism and recreation account for $124 billion in gross domestic product. Explore the economic impacts of marine debris on tourism-dependent communities with this story, infographic, and story map.
Harmful algal blooms occur when algae produce toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, birds, or other aquatic organisms. Have you ever wondered why we can’t clean up the algae to take care of this problem? Unfortunately, the answer is not so simple.
Did you know many phrases that we use today have nautical origins? Lots of these terms derive from the Age of Sail — the period of time between the 16th and 19th centuries when masted ships ruled the seas. Hear the origins of some popular phrases in our latest podcast.
Since 1959, land surveyors and other geospatial professionals have had two standards to measure the length of a foot — the U.S. survey foot and the international foot. And they’re not exactly equal. Find out why NOAA and NIST are retiring the U.S. survey foot, and standardizing on the international foot.
