A delegation from the Ecosystem Conservation Society of Japan (ECS-J) recently visited the NCCOS laboratory in Beaufort, NC to learn about living shorelines. ECS-J is the largest conservation group in ...

Conditions resulting in low dissolved oxygen (DO) in marine systems, also known as hypoxia, are a commonoccurrenceinoceans around the world. Ocean acidification(OA), which results in lower pH, is a newer ...

On May 24, 2016, the United Nations Environment Programme released a new report on mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) during a coral reef media roundtable at the second session of the ...

NCCOS sponsored research focusing onthe combined effects of low dissolved oxygen and ocean acidification finds that acidification can increase fish sensitivity to hypoxia. This has important implications for increasing atmospheric ...

Last month, scientists and administrators from NCCOS's Cooperative Oxford Laboratory and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) met in Annapolis to discuss possible collaboration ...

A new study shows that water temperature and salinity can indicatethe likelyoccurrenceof toxicAlexandrium blooms (a type of harmful algae) in the U. S. Pacific Northwest. As shellfish become contaminated with ...

The 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting this past winter featured the research of NCCOS scientists and sponsored principal investigators. Topics included ocean acidification, hypoxia, blue carbon, and harmful algal blooms. NCCOS ...

Earlier this month, Dr. Suzanne Bricker from NCCOS participated in an expedition to collect sediment and water from a high altitude lake (10,400' elevation) in Rocky Mountain National Park. The ...

Sponsored researchers with the NCCOS ECOHAB project looking at regional harmful algal bloom 'hotspots' off coastal California are testing the feasibility of using a robotic water quality and toxin detection ...

On March 2, 2016, approximately 20 people involved in the shellfish industry on Long Island, NY met with Dr. Chris Gobler at his Stony Brook University laboratory to learn about ...