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There's a lot going on at NOAA's National Ocean Service.

E.C. Hogg, a TRAP program participant, pulls up a derelict crab pot in February 2025. (Photo credit: John Wallace, William & Mary’s VIMS & Batten School).
How Removing Lost Crab Traps Is Helping Map the Chesapeake Bay

A partnership is turning routine vessel activity and lost crab trap removal into a new source of bathymetric data.

Coastal Science
A rocky jetty crosses the frame in shallow Bay waters. A wooden walkway follows the jetty halfway, then turns and continues as an L-shaped wooden pier out into the water.
Transforming Chesapeake Bay Water Forecasting

NOAA partners launch new environmental modeling and forecasting tools.

Coastal Science
An aerial photo of the green waters of harmful algal bloom in western Lake Erie, July 20, 2020. (Image credit: Courtesy of Zachary Haslick, Aerial Associates)
Lake Erie harmful algal bloom forecast

NOAA and its research partners are forecasting a moderate harmful algal bloom in western Lake Erie this summer.

Coastal Science
As part of water quality data collection, cross-sectional field parameters are recorded at the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, MS (USGS 07289000), Photo Credit: Nick Barsotti, USGS
Gulf of America “dead zone” forecast

Low-oxygen conditions are expected to be larger than average, impacting a 7,027 square-mile area.

Coastal Science
A screenshot of HAB monitoring products from the NCCOS HAB Monitoring webpage, with new products being highlighted.
Expanding Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring

The new products for the Northeast coast and Great Lakes strengthen NOAA’s ability to deliver timely, science-based tools for state, local, and regional partners.

Coastal Science

The Top 40

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  1. How Removing Lost Crab Traps Is Helping Map the Chesapeake Bay
    14 July 2026
  2. Transforming Chesapeake Bay Water Forecasting
    7 July 2026
  3. Lake Erie harmful algal bloom forecast
    25 June 2026
  4. Gulf of America “dead zone” forecast
    16 June 2026
  5. Expanding Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring
    01 June 2026
  6. El Niño and high tide flooding
    15 May 2026
  7. NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson returns to the Great Lakes
    6 May 2026
  8. New National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy
    1 May 2026
  9. New NOAA data reveals strength of the U.S. marine economy
    18 March 2026
  10. Colossal coral in the Mariana Islands is largest of its kind
    17 March 2026
  11. Heartless or hopelessly romantic?
    11 February 2026
  12. Safeguarding coasts from pollution: A look back at 2025
    9 February 2026
  13. NOAA upgrades Baltimore water level station
    21 Jan 2026
  14. A shared mission for a cleaner Gulf Coast
    12 Jan 2026
  15. From training to tactic: NOS harnesses drone potential for oil spill response
    17 Dec 2025
  16. Hurricane season 2025: NOS innovations in preparedness and response
    11 Dec 2025
  17. Hurricane Melissa: Aerial imagery
    2 Dec 2025
  18. Corals Week 2025
    1 Dec 2025
  19. Rear Admiral (select) Christiaan van Westendorp to serve as the next Coast Survey Director
    25 Sep 2025
  20. National Estuaries Week
    19 Sep 2025
  21. NOAA tide gauges support tsunami response
    18 Sep 2025
  22. Hurricane Erin: Aerial imagery
    25 Aug 2025
  23. Removing abandoned boats from D.C. waterways
    12 Aug 2025
  24. Mapping the waters of Valdez, Alaska for tsunami and landslide preparedness
    28 July 2025
  25. Texas Hill Country flooding: aerial imagery
    11 July 2025
  26. Know your “Blue IQ” with NOAA’s new beach safety videos
    25 June 2025
  27. NOAA forecasts an average summer 'dead zone' in Gulf of America
    11 June 2025
  28. Ocean Month 2025
    06 June 2025
  29. Beach Safety Week 2025
    19 May 2025
  30. Well #59 Incident Response: Oil and gas release in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
    02 May 2025
  31. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: 15 Years of Recovery, Research, and Restoration
    16 Apr 2025
  32. NOAA’s National Ocean Service: Working for you!
    5 Mar 2025
  33. National Ocean Service experts, technology support DCA aircraft collision recovery efforts
    24 Feb 2025
  34. New data for improved navigation in the upper Hudson River
    30 Jan 2025
  35. NOS drift card used to track 1976 oil spill found
    17 Jan 2025
  36. $40 million recovered from polluters for restoration in three states
    13 Jan 2025
  37. National Ocean Service releases first modeled water level and wave dataset
    13 Jan 2025
  38. Corals Week 2024
    9 Dec 2024
  39. Explore planet Earth with Teek and Tom!
    3 Dec 2024
  40. Employment in Coastal Inundation Zones dataviewer is a new aid to coastal planners
    12 Nov 2024
  41. National Ocean Service helps reopen Florida ports after Hurricane Milton
    18 Oct 2024
  42. Hurricane Milton: aerial imagery
    11 Oct 2024
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