NCCOS Helps Define Best Practices for Modeling Distributions of Deep-sea Corals

Predictive habitat modeling for an example deep sea coral species along the U.S. West Coast. From left to right, locations of observed coral occurrences, predicted distribution of relative habitat suitability, and uncertainty associated with model predictions.

NCCOS Researchers Judge Student Underwater Robotics Competition

NCCOS Researchers Judge Student Underwater Robotics Competition

Algae with Mixed Feeding Capabilities May have Advantage Forming Blooms

Algae with Mixed Feeding Capabilities May have Advantage Forming Blooms

NOAA CoastWatch (East Coast Region) Offering Second Annual Ocean Satellite Data Training Course

NOAA CoastWatch (East Coast Region) Offering Second Annual Ocean Satellite Data Training Course

Study Assesses Social Values Related to Offshore Wind Energy Development in Carolinas

Photo of Block Island Wind Farm, coastal Rhode Island.

Exploring Airborne Health Risks from Cyanobacteria Blooms in Florida

Exploring Airborne Health Risks from Cyanobacteria Blooms in Florida

Bethany Williams Shares Experience as 2018 NCCOS Sea Grant Knauss Fellow (video)

photo of Bethany Williams collecting fish in St. Croix, USVI, for one of her spatial ecology projects.

New Tool Informs Dune Recovery After Storms

Cross-shore schematic of the coupled Windsurf modeling framework showing the general processes resolved by the three model cores.

Ecological Assessment of Maryland’s Tred Avon River Published

Map of Choptank River Watershed Habitat Focus Area

NCCOS Welcomes Ali Burgos, 2019 Sea Grant Knauss Fellow

NCCOS Welcomes Ali Burgos, 2019 Sea Grant Knauss Fellow

Drone Mapping Team Receives Inaugural NCCOS Innovation Incentive Award

image of three drones tested in St Croix

Lonnie Gonsalves Receives 2019 U.S. Black Engineer of the Year Award

NCCOS's Dr. Lonnie Gonsalves receives the 2019 BEYA Modern-Day Technology Leader Award, which recognizes efforts in strengthening the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pipeline and a commitment to driving the science endeavors of their respective organizations.

NCCOS Tests Drones to Map Coastline and Nearshore Waters

Three dimensional model of Coches Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, CA, developed from digital aerial photographs collected by the small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS).

Mussel Watch Detects New Contaminants in Great Lakes (video)

Mussel Watch Detects New Contaminants in Great Lakes (video)

Scientists Use New Technique to Measure Size of Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

Scientists Use New Technique to Measure Size of Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

New Report Characterizes Offshore, Soft-bottom Habitats in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Study area (green shading) and location of 30 sites sampled in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

NCCOS Research Featured at Florida Red Tide Forum

NCCOS Research Featured at Florida Red Tide Forum

Study Finds Pharmaceuticals, Other Contaminants in Chesapeake Bay and Charleston Harbor

Photo of oyster collection in a South Carolina tidal marsh.

NCCOS Research Supports Review of Pseudo-nitzschia in California

NCCOS Research Supports Review of Pseudo-nitzschia in California

Funding Awarded to Study Airborne Health Risks from Cyanobacteria Blooms in Florida

Florida Gulf Coast University graduate student Adam Catasus installs an algae air-sampling pump outside a Cape Coral home.

NCCOS Participates in Review of Maryland Sea Grant Programs

Chesapeake Bay marsh.

NCCOS, Partners Publish Environmental Assessment of Bristol Bay, Alaska

High tide (left) compared with low tide (right) in Nushagak Bay, Alaska.

NOAA Offices Partner to Monitor Water Quality in Great Lakes

NOAA small boat R2604 (based out of GLERL Muskegon Field Station in Muskegon, MI) being loaded with supplies and equipment to sample mussels at the mouth of the Genesee River in Rochester, NY. Research team from left to right: Sherri Fields (Deputy Chief for NCCOS Stressor Detection & Impacts Division), Beau Braymer (OAR/GLERL), Stephanie Gandulla ONMS/TBNMS), Phil Hartmeyer (ONMS/TBNMS), and Ed Johnson (NCCOS).

Highlights of Southeast Deep Coral Initiative in 2018

Highlights of Southeast Deep Coral Initiative in 2018

NPR Highlights New Hypoxia and Pacific Northwest Dungeness Crab Fishery Project

photo of first-generation dissolved oxygen sensor attached to a commercial crab pot.