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News Highlights

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

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The USS Monitor, Part 1: History and Legacy

July 20, 2026

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

July 17, 2026

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

July 7, 2026

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

June 25, 2026

A view of a green ocean, with a sandy coastline and buildings visible in the far distance under a blue sky with light clouds.
Maximizing coastal observation infrastructure

June 16, 2026

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

June 16, 2026

More NOS News

From training to tactic: NOS harnesses drone potential for oil spill response

December 17, 2025

Hurricane season 2025: NOS innovations in preparedness and response

December 11, 2025

Hurricane Melissa: Aerial imagery

December 2, 2025

Corals Week 2025

December 1, 2025

Rear Admiral (select) Christiaan van Westendorp to serve as the next Coast Survey Director

September 25, 2025

National Estuaries Week

September 19, 2025

NOAA tide gauges support tsunami response

September 18, 2025

Hurricane Erin: Aerial imagery

August 25, 2025

Removing abandoned boats from D.C. waterways

August 12, 2025

Mapping the waters of Valdez, Alaska for tsunami and landslide preparedness

July 28, 2025

Texas Hill Country flooding: aerial imagery

July 11, 2025

Know your “Blue IQ” with NOAA’s new beach safety videos

June 25, 2025

NOAA forecasts an average summer 'dead zone' in Gulf of America

June 11, 2025

Ocean Month 2025

June 6, 2025

Beach Safety Week 2025

May 19, 2025

Well #59 Incident Response: Oil and gas release in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

May 2, 2025

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: 15 Years of Recovery, Research, and Restoration

April 16, 2025

NOAA’s National Ocean Service: Working for you!

March 5, 2025

National Ocean Service experts, technology support DCA aircraft collision recovery efforts

February 24, 2025

New data for improved navigation in the upper Hudson River

January 30, 2025

NOS drift card used to track 1976 oil spill found

January 17, 2025

$40 million recovered from polluters for restoration in three states

January 13, 2025

National Ocean Service releases first modeled water level and wave dataset

January 13, 2025

Press Releases

NOAA announces management plan for Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Restoration Blueprint

December 13, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration identifies 4 business 'accelerators' to boost the Blue Economy

December 9, 2024

New NOAA animated series takes kids on educational, climate-weather adventures

December 3, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA designate 3rd-largest national marine sanctuary

October 11, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA invest more than $3.3 million to launch nationwide marine debris survey

October 9, 2024

First-ever interagency sea level rise website is live

September 23, 2024

NOAA reaches key milestone in designation of Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

September 6, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration officials celebrate New York’s first national marine sanctuary designation with state and local partners

September 6, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $23 million to remove marine debris

September 5, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration invests $101.5 million for ocean observing systems

September 4, 2024

High tide flooding may lessen across the U.S., NOAA scientists predict

August 6, 2024

NOAA to make $1.5 million available to tribes for regional ocean partnerships

August 1, 2024

Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ larger than average, scientists find

August 1, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $71.1 million for California project as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $68.5 million for Hawaii project as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $78.9 million for Alaska projects as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $69 million for U.S. Virgin Islands project as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $72.5 million for New Jersey project as part of Investing in America agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $1.45 million for joint Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan project as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $1.97 million for Maryland project as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA propose $575 million to increase coastal climate resilience

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $69 million for Maine project as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $59.8 million for Louisiana projects as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $3.3 million for Minnesota projects as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $1.97 million for joint Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware project as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $1.97 million for Delaware project as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce nearly $2 million for Rhode Island project as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA, Biden-Harris Administration announce $2 million for Federated States of Micronesia project as part of Investing in America Agenda

July 26, 2024

NOAA to provide $54 million in new funding to address marine debris

July 25, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration invests $16.7 million for marine technology innovation through the Inflation Reduction Act

June 27, 2024

Moderate to above-moderate harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie

June 27, 2024

NOAA forecasts above-average summer 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico

June 13, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration invests $60 million to build a climate-ready workforce through Investing in America agenda

June 11, 2024

U.S. marine economy continues upward trend

June 6, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration designates new national marine sanctuary in New York state

June 5, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration announces $123 million for coastal habitat restoration through Investing in America agenda

April 22, 2024

Singapore and the U.S. enhance cooperation on environmental and climate protection

April 15, 2024

NOAA confirms 4th global coral bleaching event

April 15, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration invests nearly $755,000 to support tribal nations’ engagement in regional ocean partnerships as part of Investing in America agenda

April 1, 2024

NOAA proposes national marine sanctuary in Papahānaumokuākea

February 29, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration invests $3.9 million for Ocean-based Climate Resilience Accelerators through Investing in America agenda

February 20, 2024

Researchers assess Florida Keys coral health following marine heat wave

February 15, 2024

NOAA, BOEM announce final North Atlantic right whale and offshore wind strategy

January 25, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration shares new land cover data to help communities understand coastal change

January 25, 2024

NOAA, Smithsonian join forces to advance ocean biodiversity and resilience

January 23, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration makes $9.6 million available for Regional Ocean Partnerships through Investing in America agenda

January 19, 2024

National Ocean Service press releases from 2023 and earlier are available in the NOAA.gov newsroom. Look for press releases within the focus area: Ocean & Coasts.

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