Meet four women who work in ocean and Great Lakes research and are supporting everything from discovering new species, shipwrecks, and an intriguing golden orb in the deep ocean, to tracking ice coverage and mitigating climate impacts like flooding to communities in the Great Lakes region.
Meet the women advancing NOAA’s exploration and stewardship of the ocean and Great Lakes Read More >
‘Zooming’ into hurricanes, a new underwater vehicle and a fish mystery solved.
5 science wins from the 2023 NOAA Science Report Read More >
NOAA Ocean Exploration’s Benthic Deepwater Animal Identification Guide has become a popular and trusted ocean science community resource and is used (and contributed to) by ocean scientists around the world to help identify animals seen during deep-ocean exploration. With the release of its fourth version in January 2024, the guide is now searchable and includes animals seen in deep waters of the Atlantic along with deepwater animals of the Pacific from earlier versions of the guide.
Updated guide aids deepwater animal identification Read More >
From September 1 to 28, 2023, Ocean Exploration Trust and partners are conducting an expedition of the largely unexplored northwestern corner of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, an area north of the main Hawaiian Islands.
Expedition to explore near Battle of Midway sites Read More >
State-of-the-art ‘underwater habitat’ will allow governments, academia and public sector to deepen understanding of the ocean environment
NOAA, Proteus Ocean Group to explore uses of groundbreaking underwater lab Read More >
NOAA, Schmidt Ocean Institute, and partners recently embarked on the In Search of Hydrothermal Lost Cities expedition on the Schmidt’s Research Vessel Falkor (too) to locate and observe hydrothermal vent activity along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The team successfully located never-before-seen black smoker vents near the Puy de Folles vent field and the impressive ecosystems they support.
Scientists discover hydrothermal vent activity along the Puy de Folles vent field Read More >
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.
NOAA, OceanX renew partnership to map and explore the ocean Read More >
The Aleutians Uncrewed Ocean Exploration expedition has resulted in the mapping of more than 45,000 square kilometers (17,375 square miles) of seafloor in previously unexplored areas around Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and off the California coast.
Unexplored Waters of Alaska and California Mapped During Uncrewed Expedition Read More >
NOAA and two of Australia’s leading science agencies announced a formal agreement Tuesday to work together to advance Pacific Ocean exploration and mapping, a major priority for NOAA and of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
United States, Australia Ocean Science Agencies Team Up to Explore and Map Pacific Ocean Read More >
NOAA has invested in 23 small businesses developing innovative technologies in technical areas including climate adaptation and mitigation, weather-ready nation, healthy oceans, and resilient coastal
NOAA supports small businesses to fuel technology innovation Read More >
