CHAUVIN, La. -- Generations of shrimpers, crabbers and oystermen have set out from this bayou village to net their catch. They share an emotional bond with Iowa's farmers: Both harvest ...

Nancy Rabalais, the Executive Director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium was recently awarded the MacArthur Award, for her dedicated, long-term efforts spanning multiple decades, documenting and mitigating the effects ...

Nancy Rabalais is a marine ecologist who is dedicated to documenting and mitigating the effects of hypoxic zones - aquatic areas with low dissolved oxygen levels commonly known as 'dead ...

On August 29, researchers at the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) published an analysis of NOAA Mussel Watch Program contaminant monitoring data for mercury and methylmercury levels and ...

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 ...

Last weekend, media outlets reported a NOAA announcement that this year's Gulf of Mexico low oxygen 'dead zone' is the fourth smallest since 1985. A severe drought baking the nation's ...

Drought in the Midwest contributed to what has been measured as the fourth smallest 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico since 1985, according to scientists with the Louisiana Universities ...

2012 Gulf Hypoxia in Brief Mid-summer forecast:1,197 to 6,213 square miles June survey result: 295 square miles Mid-summer survey result: 2,889 square miles Mid-Summer Survey Results Results of an annual mid-summer ...

The Missouri River stretches more than a quarter-mile from shore to shore here, its muddy water the color of coffee with a shot of cream. The river carved this valley ...

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 ...