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Working to Reduce Toxic Blue-Green Algal Blooms in...
NCCOS-sponsored researchers recently explored several promising techniques to mitigate toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) blooms in the Chesapeake Bay region.The team focused on sediment-flocculation, in which local sediments and commercial clays ...
New Program Manager Recruited for Hypoxia Research...
David Kidwell has joined NCCOS's Ecosystem Stressors Research Branch, where he will serve as a program manager for hypoxia activities. He will oversee several projects supporting the mandates of the ...
NOAA and Partners Issue 2013 Dead Zone Predictions...
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 Open House at Cooperative Oxford Laboratory ...
The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science's (NCCOS) Cooperative Oxford Laboratory (COL) hosted an open house on April 27, 2013. The event showcased the NCCOS' unique research and science partnerships ...
NCCOS' Nutrient Modeling Work in Long Island Sound...
At two recent meetings in Annapolis ( Shellfish Aquaculture Conference April 8 and Chesapeake Bay Program April 9-10, 2013), NCCOS' researchers gave presentations on work within Long Island Sound and ...
Spring Floods May Increase This Year's Gulf of Mex...
To develop an earlier prediction of the size of theGulf of Mexico "dead zone" this summer,NOAA's National Weather Service and National Ocean Service combined data from the National Hydrologic Assessment ...
Why Do Some Jellyfish Bloom? A New Theory Emerges
Jellyfish at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Credit: Greg McFall. The authors of a study partially funded by NCCOS theorize that the recent global increase in jellyfish blooms ...
Coastal Ecosystem, Hypoxia and Harmful Algae Probl...
The leading world venue for showcasing the latest research on oceans, coasts and lakes is the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting. The research programs ...
Project Finds Fish Prefer Natural Shorelines
The U.S. benefits from a wealth of resources and activities that depend on healthy coastal habitats. However, these habitats are being degraded by extensive hardening of shorelines due to climate-driven ...
Extreme Weather: A Mixed Bag for Dead Zones | WRI ...
This post was co-authored with Bob Diaz, a WRI partner and professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. This year's extreme weather events - a warm winter, even warmer ...
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