National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science supported scientists have documented that the 2013 'dead zone'(area of hypoxia, or low oxygen) in the northern Gulf of Mexico west of the Mississippi ...

Today, NOAA and partners issued the 2013 dead zone predictions for two of the nation's most hypoxia-impacted bodies of water:the Gulf of Mexico and the Chesapeake Bay. The Gulf of ...

NCCOS is participating in a public-private program to reduce nutrient inputs to the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic ('dead') zone that managers expect to simultaneously benefit threatened native grassland bird species ...

In overlapping venues on 17-18 April 2013, NCCOS co-led the Forum for Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Research Coordination and Advancement, and represented NOAA at the U.S. Mississippi River Gulf of ...

For decades, those leading efforts to keep southeast Louisiana from being swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico have supported 'Putting the river back into the marsh.' The thinking is that ...

The Republic of Korea hosted the 15thInternational Conference on Harmful Algae (ICHA), October 29 - November 2, 2012. The meeting featured the latest scientific research by the international harmful algal ...

NOAA is actively participating in the 23rd meeting of the Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force in Des Moines, Iowa, September 11, 2012. The Task Force provides ...

A recent research paper presents the state-of-knowledge on harmful algae along the west coast of North America. Along the Pacific coast of North America, from Alaska to Mexico, harmful algal ...

The importance of the Gulf of Mexico to the US economy is significant. The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science has invested over $66M in public funds for research into ...

2011 Gulf Hypoxia in Brief Forecast: 8,500 - 9,421 square miles June: Preliminary survey cruise July: Release of updated forecast August 1: Preliminary press release date for measured size In ...