VMR-1 (Pedro) lowers a Marine down to the deck of the UNC's R/V Capricorn. Weather was 'sporting' during demonstration with a SW 10-15 knot wind, and 2-4 foot waves. NOAA ...

A microscopic image of Mesodinium rubrum. Credit: NOAA. Students from First Flight High School participating as "Phytofinders"forthe NCCOS Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN) identified the non-toxic, single-celled organismMesodinium rubrum as the ...

First reported in the 1980s, the venomous Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois miles and P. volitans) is widely established along the Southeast U.S. and Caribbean. Now invading the Gulf of Mexico and ...

Warming ocean temperatures could favor the expansion of the invasive Indo-Pacific Lionfish and native tropical species distributions within the Atlantic according to a recent study conducted by researchers from the ...

This leg of the expedition will use a new remotely operated vehicle, the SubAtlantic Mohawk 18. Credit: University of North Carolina Wilmington. A NOAA-funded investigation of the relatively healthy, deep, ...

Last month, NCCOS staff participated in the Southeast Regional Marine Debris Strategy Workshop, which brought together federal, state, academic, and NGO participants from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia for ...

A group of enthusiastic volunteers helped plant Spartina alterniflora, or salt marsh cordgrass, at the Rachel Carson Reserve, a component of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve in Beaufort, ...

Natural fringing marshes in Carteret County, N.C., may not be able to keep up with sea level rise. A recent study shows that, over the last 10 years, these marshes ...

"Saving North Carolina's Reefs" - one of the film shorts shown at the "Beneath the Waves" Film Festival - highlights North Carolina oyster reef research. North Carolina -based scientists were ...

Signing ceremony for the Seventh Meeting of the Korea -U.S. Joint Coordination Panel for Aquaculture Cooperation. Seated in front: Dr. Jeong-In Myeong, Korea Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Dr. Gene ...