At least seven species of marine algae previously restricted to more tropical waters have expanded their range northward to the temperate reefs off North Carolina. Reports of seven other new ...

NEW!!! Follow the glider in real-time, and see the ocean currents(Google Earth required) that the glider is using to travel the coast. Two autonomous ocean gliders will travel the waters ...

A new educational video features NCCOS scientists describing the importance of water quality in North Carolina estuaries for coastal ecology, human health, food supply, and the state's economy. Bordered by ...

NCCOS researchers have developed a new model to forecast the impacts of invasive lionfish consumption on Atlantic reefs. The model, published in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, uses ambient ...

In recent years, North Carolina estuaries have experienced large fish kills often associated with rains and moderate temperatures. Most of the dead fish have exhibited large, open skin ulcers. Menhaden ...

Building on nearly 10 years of NCCOS-sponsored research on sea level rise in North Carolina, a multi-institutional team led by East Carolina University recently launched a new online coastal mapping ...

The fish, algae, and invertebrate identification cards were developed using NCCOS data collected during years of sampling shipwrecks and hardbottom reefs off of North Carolina and Georgia. These are the ...

Side-scan sonar image from a recent survey to map the seafloor of the Wilmington East Wind Energy Call Area. Credit: David Bernstein The first of three research missions to map ...

On July 17, 2013, NOAA staff from NCCOS' CCMA, CCFHR and an international partner from Portugal participated in a Duke University class studying global fisheries conflicts. The class was convened ...

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science researchers and students from Florida A&M University measured non-lethal effects of contaminants on coral health in Hawaii. Coral larvae were collected during the July ...