The Great Lakes have multiple stresses acting on them, but offshore and nearshore systems may show different trends in relation to stresses. A new paper by NCCOS-supported researchers links these ...

Scientists aboard the NOAA Research Vessel Nancy Foster will be gathering baseline data on fish populations and seafloor communities of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS), in the ...

The hypoxic zone located off the coast of Louisiana and Texas forms each summer and threatens valuable commercial and recreational Gulf fisheries. Seeking solutions to reduce the size of the ...

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science supported scientists have documented that the 2011 "dead zone"(area of hypoxia, or low oxygen) in the northern Gulf of Mexico west of the Mississippi ...

This week, researchers from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science are surveying fish populations in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary prior to an experimental closure of certain areas ...

One of the greatest summertime headaches for western Lake Erie boaters and municipal water-treatment operators is back in full force. A huge bloom of potentially toxic microcystis algae, which has ...

In June, scientists predicted that the Gulf of Mexico's annual dead zone - a subsea region where the water contains too little oxygen to support life - might develop into ...

On July 17-21, 2011, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science program managers and sponsored scientists hosted sessions on translating scientific results for use by decision makers at the 2011 Coastal ...

Online social media tools have revolutionized communications. Facebook, You Tube, and Twitter are now commonplace in the private sector and increasingly being used by the federal government. These social media ...

Atlantic croaker, one of the most abundant fish in the Gulf of Mexico, are starting to exhibit changes that appear to be related to the massive summer "Dead Zone." A ...