5 science wins from the 2023 NOAA Science Report
‘Zooming’ into hurricanes, a new underwater vehicle and a fish mystery solved.
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Ecosystems
Robots give NOAA a peek under the ice of the Great Lakes
For a long time now, scientists have wanted to know more about what happens under the ice of the Great Lakes each winter, but getting
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Media resources: Deeper dive into coral bleaching event
Attention journalists: View or download a pdf version of the power point slides to follow along with today’s 1 PM Media teleconference on coral. Audio
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Research: Port of Miami corals reveal remarkable persistence in a challenging environment
The Port of Miami is a bustling waterway with large cruise and cargo ships, ferries, fishing vessels, and recreational boats. As it turns out, this waterway is also home to a resilient coral community.
How could increased carbon dioxide change the ocean for shellfish and coral?
A team of scientists from across NOAA have created a new tool to help people adapt to ocean acidification in a time of industrialization and increased emissions. The new data product, featured in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES), combines observational data with computer simulations and will provide improved global and regional projections for ocean change.
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NOAA, OceanX renew partnership to map and explore the ocean
On March 9, NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D., and Vincent Pieribone, Ph.D., Ocean X co-chief executive officer and chief science officer, renewed a memorandum of understanding to continue collaborating on ocean mapping, exploration and the advancement of ocean science.
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NOAA Science Report features new data-gathering drones, advances in wind, weather and water forecasts
Discovering a 207-year-old whaling ship, advancing air-quality forecasts, improving storm surge and wind forecasts, and deploying the first-ever drone-based tagging of endangered whales. These are a few of the more than 60 stories about NOAA’s many notable scientific accomplishments from the past year that are featured in the 2022 NOAA Science Report, which emphasizes a wide range of impacts that NOAA science advancements have on the lives of Americans.
NOAA, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office create work-sharing program to advance green technology
The Department of Commerce’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today announced a collaboration to promote and advance further innovation in climate and “green” technology areas, a key focus of the Biden administration.
NOAA partnership creates seaweed dream team
When Diane Boratyn first decided to grow macroalgae – more commonly known as seaweed – on land to support her plant-based skincare company, she knew about the health benefits of seaweed but lacked the know-how to cultivate it consistently on a commercial scale. She quickly learned that it would take large-scale production of seaweed in order to be competitive in expanded markets.
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National Academy of Science honors NOAA’s Kirk Bryan for pioneering ocean and climate science
Former NOAA scientist Kirk Bryan, Ph.D, has been named winner of the 2023 National Academy of Science’s Alexander Agassiz Medal for his pioneering work in oceanography and climate science.