NOAA and partners have announced the discovery of the wreck of a 207-year-old whaling ship, called Industry, found on the bottom of the Gulf of […]
NOAA, partners discover wreck of 207-year-old whaling ship Read More >
On March 14, NOAA will welcome Jeremy Weirich as the new Director of NOAA Ocean Exploration. Read the full story at NOAA Ocean Exploration >
New NOAA Ocean Exploration Director Announced Read More >
NOAA Ocean Exploration and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation have awarded seven education grants to help engage and inspire the next generation of ocean explorers
Ocean Exploration education grants to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion announced Read More >
Two million square kilometers. Or 772,204 square miles. That’s more than one quarter the size of the contiguous United States. And it’s the area of
NOAA Ocean Exploration Meets Major Mapping Milestone Read More >
NOAA Ocean Exploration's operations on Okeanos Explorer are back in full swing – which means live-streaming from the sea floor is back!
NOAA Ocean Exploration heads out to sea Read More >
NOAA scientists and priorities are well reflected in several of the first Ocean Decade actions endorsed and announced this week by the United Nations Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC).
NOAA initiatives among the first round of Ocean Decade endorsed actions Read More >
Developed through a partnership with NOAA Ocean Exploration, Ocean Exploration Trust, and Schmidt Ocean Institute, the Deep Ocean Education Project website features student activities, stories from the field and more.
New website brings deep-ocean exploration imagery and lessons to educators and public Read More >
Editor's note: If you missed the live event. Have no fear. You can watch the program on NOAA Ocean Exploration on YouTube
On Wednesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. PDT, join explorers from an upcoming NOAA Ocean Exploration expedition to hear about innovative technologies NOAA and its partners are developing to advance exploration. Learn how the navigation technology used on NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter is being adapted for use on an autonomous underwater vehicle in Earth’s deep ocean and how environmental DNA can be used to learn more about the animals that live there.
The West Coast continental shelf is known to host methane bubble streams, formerly thought to be rare. Now, a new discovery sheds light on the extent and distribution of seafloor methane seeps.
Seafloor mapping data reveals large number of gas seeps off U.S. West Coast Read More >
The NOAA Ship Discoverer will be a state-of-the-art ship that operates around the nation and the world to study and explore the ocean.
New NOAA ocean exploration ship to be based in Newport, Rhode Island Read More >
