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 ...

The first report of lionfish in the Gulf of Mexico came two years ago. Compared to the first sighting over twenty years ago in the Atlantic Ocean, the lionfish's arrival ...

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 ...

Drought in the Midwest contributed to what has been measured as the fourth smallest 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico since 1985, according to scientists with the Louisiana Universities ...

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 ...

Ecological forecasts help resource managers better understand their management options, the likely effects of their decisions, and consequences of their actions. In the Chesapeake Bay, deep portions provide more habitats ...

The federal government is poised to auction to wind farm developers 2,434 square miles of the continental shelf in the Atlantic Ocean, which would allow wind farms to sprout 10 ...

From July 16 -20, scientists from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science joined their counterparts from elsewhere in NOAA, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency and the state ...

While oysters are known to be one of nature's best natural filters, new research suggests there are limits to how much pollution they can clean up. In fact, some of ...

Following up on last year's contaminant characterization field mission, scientists from NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science recently completed a two-week field mission to the St. Thomas East End ...