Scientists researching harmful algal bloom 'hot spots' off southern and central California have been awarded $821,673 for the first year of an anticipated 5-year $4,076,929 project to investigate methods that ...

A pair of young rescued sea lions helped researchers determine that fetal exposure to a toxin called domoic acid resulted in epileptic seizures later in the marine mammals' lives. The ...

Online social media tools have revolutionized communications. Facebook, You Tube, and Twitter are now commonplace in the private sector and increasingly being used by the federal government. These social media ...

High Frequency Radar (HFR) can resolve ocean currents to a scale of 1 kilometer and extend out to approximately 150 kilometers offshore. In addition to oceanographic studies, HFR has proven ...

An NCCOS-administered study at the University of Southern California (USC) found a potential link between harmful algal blooms and hypoxia as the cause of a massive fish kill. On 8 ...