Scientists from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science recently met with Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) jurisdictional constituents in Puerto Rico (June 17 – Mayagüez, June 19- San Juan, and June 20 – Vieques) to ascertain near-future and long-term mapping priorities. The partners unanimously and unambiguously stated that the mapping data collected and distributed by NCCOS [...]
This article was originally published on the NOAA website. NOAA scientists today released a 20-year study showing that environmental laws enacted in the 1970s are having a positive effect on reducing overall contaminant levels in coastal waters of the U.S. However, the report points to continuing concerns with elevated levels of metals and organic contaminants [...]
The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science report
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science demonstrated its ongoing commitment to the Integrated Ocean Observing system (IOOS) and the National Monitoring Network (NMN) in a presentation given at the Sixth National Monitoring Conference in Atlantic City. Scientists and managers from Federal, State, and Local government as well as Canada and Europe were in attendance [...]
As a result of the Cosco Busan oil spill in November 2007, scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) partnered with the Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) and the California Water Resources Control Board to collect and analyze mussel tissue samples from five affected Bay locations. The pre-spill range of total polycyclic [...]
Scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, in collaboration with biologists from the National Park Service (NPS) and with support from NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, successfully completed their bi-annual monitoring and characterization mission in and around the waters of Buck Island Reef National Monument (BIRNM), St. Croix, USVI, March 9th – 21st. [...]
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, in collaboration with groups such as the California Water Resources Control Board and the Southern California Coastal Water Resources Project, has increased the number of sampling sites for organic and inorganic contaminants in that state by 13 at no additional cost to the government. This has been accomplished [...]
On January 18, scientists from NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory completed final upgrades and installation of ambient air mercury monitoring equipment at a permanent site within the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, near Pascagoula, MS. The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science provided partial funding for vital infrastructure support and state-of-the-art monitoring equipment. The station [...]