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 ...

The lagoon that hugs much of Florida's east coast and has the richest array of marine plants, fish and wildlife in North America is under attack from the worst known ...

A scientist will map the extent of ared tide bloom during the course of a hypoxia-mapping project cruise funded by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science's Gulf of Mexico ...

Shrimping season opened Monday off Louisiana and fishermen can't get over what they're now finding in their nets. Some say the coastline is under invasion. The giant invaders are valuable, ...

In yet another display of the inexorable interdependence of Earth's ecosystems, a bad summer for Midwestern farmland has turned out to be a good one for life in the Gulf ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Scientists from Louisiana and Michigan have wildly different predictions for the size of this year's 'dead zone' of low-oxygen water in the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasts released Thursday say it ...