Below Average Summer 2023 ‘Dead Zone’ Measured in Gulf of Mexico
August 2, 2023
NCCOS-supported scientists have determined that this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” — an area of low oxygen that can kill fish and marine life
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Mission: Iconic Reefs
July 13, 2023
Coastal Conversations Podcast: Episode 1 The coral reefs at the foot of Florida are legendary, making up a barrier reef that spans more than 255
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Collects Imagery to Evaluate Coral Restoration Effort
May 17, 2023
Mission: Iconic Reefs is the largest coral restoration project for U.S. coral reefs to date. Seven reefs spanning the reef tract in the Florida Keys
Study Shows Newport Bay Marshes Can Keep Pace with Slow Sea Level Rise
September 25, 2022
Predicting future marsh conditions requires models that capture how both punctuated events and gradual physical and biological processes shape marshes. In Newport Bay, CA marshes
Climate Impacts on Ecosystems: Threats and Opportunities
September 22, 2022
Climate Impacts on Ecosystems: Threats and Opportunities NCCOS conducts multidisciplinary ecological research to assess and predict how environmental changes from climate variability affect the distributions
Gulf MDBC Restoration
September 1, 2022
Gulf of America Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities Restoration Mesophotic and deep benthic communities are vast and complex ecosystems on the ocean floor that are
Evaluation of Coral Reef Restoration Success at Mission: Iconic Reefs Using Photogrammetry
May 23, 2022
Mission: Iconic Reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) is the largest coral restoration project in the U.S. to date. NCCOS is working
Predicting and Characterizing Deep-Sea Coral Habitats within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawaii
April 4, 2022
We will develop predictive spatial models for deep-sea coral habitat within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM). PMNM’s boundaries were expanded in 2016, and this
Characterizing Benthic Habitats in Haputo Ecological Reserve Area, Guam
April 4, 2022
In 2012, the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas developed an Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan (INRMP) for the Joint Region Marianas (JRM). The
Scientists Complete Annual Gulf of Maine Sampling to Inform 2022 Red Tide Forecast
March 3, 2022
NCCOS scientists and their partners from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute recently completed the annual Gulf of Maine cyst sampling cruise aboard NOAA Ship Henry B.