Scientists sponsored byNOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Scienceparticipated in the 54th International Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 30 -June 3, 2011 in Duluth, Minnesota, the world's busiest freshwater ...

In June 2011, a House of Representatives subcommittee on energy and environment unveiled a bill to reauthorize research on hypoxic 'dead zones' and harmful algal blooms (HABs). During a hearing ...

2011 Gulf Hypoxia in Brief Forecast: 8,500 - 9,421 square miles June: Preliminary survey cruise July: Release of updated forecast August 1: Preliminary press release date for measured size In ...

Reef Pulse Hawaii activities being used at Wai'alae Elementary, Hawaii (photo courtesy of Risa Minato, HCRI) Instilling an understanding and appreciation of Hawaii's islands and nearshore waters in the next ...

Predicting the loss and fragmentation of suitable habitat for an important coral reef herbivore, the princess parrotfish, under future scenarios of coral reef structural collapse. This work is in progress ...

NOAA and University of Alaska scientists are monitoring levels of harmful algae near Juneau and Ketchikan and plan to track toxin levels in the area with biochemical tests. An outbreak ...

Asian carp are infiltrating major American waterways with the potential to greatly alter entire freshwater ecosystems. Where are they going? A National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science-sponsored scientist--Dr. David Lodge ...

A dead zone -- already the size of the state of New Jersey -- is growing in the Gulf of Mexico, fueled by nutrient runoff from the swollen Mississippi River ...

In April 2011 scientists from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science-funded Gulf of Maine Toxicity (GOMTOX ) project issued an outlook for a moderate regional bloom of the toxic ...

Investigating mesophotic coral ecosystems in the waters surrounding the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) is the purpose of a National Centers for Coastal Ocean ...