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Our ocean and coasts affect us — and we affect them. Almost 40 percent of the country’s population lives in coastal shoreline counties. And these counties contribute more than 9 trillion dollars to the U.S. economy. But there are many challenges facing our coasts, like climate change, sea level rise, more intense storms, and population growth. So we need to make good decisions today to help our coasts continue to thrive tomorrow.
What's it like to work at NOAA? We've updated our career profiles for 2023! Our collection of employee interviews showcase a variety of specialties across the National Ocean Service. Explore nine new career highlights from each of our program offices, ranging from coral reef watershed management to environmental science to communications.
December was an active month for NOAA’s National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON). A staggering eight stations observed all-time high water levels — some of which broke records in place for 40 years. The Pacific Northwest was the most affected region, with four locations in the state of Washington observing their highest-ever water levels on record.
In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf shares how in 2022 NOAA and our partners recovered over $114 million dollars to restore 6 polluted U.S. waterways.
A record number of loggerhead turtles were found stranded within Mission-Aransas Research Reserve, Texas, in the summer of 2022. Trained volunteers joined forces with scientists to aid in their rescue and rehabilitation. Here, volunteer Andrea Lacandera carries a stranded loggerhead back to the ocean on Mustang Island. (Photo credit: Jace Tunnell)
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 2022 and February of 2023.
The NOAA Voices Oral History Archive is a collection of more than 2300 oral histories. In this episode, we explore how this valuable resource helps us better understand the impact of weather events, coastal changes, and climate change. Voices has over 2300 oral histories in its collection, dating from the 1800s to the present day, and featuring interview subjects located from Maine to Samoa.
