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State-of-the-Art Projections to Support Sea Level ...
The threat of sea level rise and storminess poses many management challenges in North Carolina due to low elevation, extensive barrier islands and vulnerability to coastal storms. The long-term North ...
Herbicide Use Near Protected Reserve Requires Care...
As part of a joint investigation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, researchers from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science quantified pollutants that could contaminate the Jobos Bay National ...
New Research Points to Better Method to Weigh Risk...
A recent study demonstrates a new approach that may allow scientists to better approximate the risks for bacteria to develop resistance to different families of antibiotics. In the study, conducted ...
Surprise lionfish catch in Gulf of Mexico a cause ...
While fishing in about 10 feet of water on the hard-bottom reef patches just 200 yards from shore near the Ritz Carlton, Mike Damanski confirmed the inevitable when something unexpected ...
Maps of Coral Reef Ecosystem Habitats Enhance Cons...
Since 2000, the National Ocean Service and its partners have mapped more than 3 million acres (12,100 km2) of shallow-water (0–30 meters) coral reef habitats spanning the Pacific, Atlantic and ...
Fact-checking the Forecast: July's harmful algal b...
Back in July, scientists from the National Oceanic & AtmosphericAdministration's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS) issued the first-ever seasonal harmful algal bloom (HAB)forecast for western Lake Erie at a ...
Tests Help Fisheries Service Reopen Georges Bank f...
NOAA Fisheries now allows clam harvests in an area of Georges Bank off limits for the last 22 years to protect people from getting ill from algae toxins. Their decision ...
Study Details the Effect of a Marine Reserve on Fi...
NOAA researchers recently publishedAn Integrated Biogeographic Assessment of Reef Fish Populations and Fisheries in Dry Tortugas: Effects of No-take Reserves,an analysis of both biological and socioeconomic changes resulting from the ...
New Study Addresses Coastal Eutrophication in Vieq...
A recently published paper in the journal Tropical Conservation Science presents an environmental baseline of surface water nutrient conditions for lagoons and nearshore waters of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Researchers for ...
Ohio's Lake Erie Algal Bloom Monitoring Strategy R...
On Nov 19, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) researchers met with local partners working on restoring Lake Erie's ecosystem to review the unusual 2012 algal blooms, and assess ...
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