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New Tools Address Threats to Anchialine Pools in H...

Anchialine pools in Hawaii are culturally important brackish ecosystems with an underground connection to the ocean and are threatened by sea level rise. An NCCOS-sponsored study developed methods to assess ...
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Coastal Change, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

New Methodology Combines Observations from Differe...

High quality satellite imagery is available for use at no cost, offering scientists an inexpensive opportunity to monitor changes to coastal wetlands throughout the year. However, cloud cover can prevent ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

State of Kachemak Bay Report Highlights Long-term ...

Scientists retrieve a CTD instrument from Kachemak Bay, as a whale surfaces in the background. The CTD instrument measures water conductivity, temperature, and depth. Credit: NCCOS. A report on the ...
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Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Alaska, U.S. States and Territories, Karyn.DeCino@noaa.gov, kris.holderied@noaa.gov

Climate-induced Wind Upwelling Could Further Acidi...

A NCCOS and NOAA Ocean Acidification Program sponsored study investigated how physical properties such as winds, tides, and currents impact estuarine acidification and carbonate chemistry in the Chesapeake Bay estuary, ...
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Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, erica.h.ombres@noaa.gov

Climate Change Alters Timing of Fish Larvae Enteri...

A new study led by researchers at East Carolina University and NCCOS documents changes in the timing and duration of fish larvae entering North Carolina estuaries. The study used a ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, chris.taylor@noaa.gov

Understanding HABs Under Climate Change Requires N...

A new book compiles the current evidence on climate change and toxin producing harmful algal species in aquatic systems. A book chapter, sponsored in part by NCCOS, describes some of ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Foreign Countries, U.S. States and Territories, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

Marine Heatwaves Fuel Harmful Algal Blooms Off US ...

Recreational razor clamming can bring thousands of visitors to the Washington coast. Toxins concentrated in razor clam and Dungeness crab fisheries have caused economic damage to coastal communities. Repeated marine ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

Predicting the Impacts of Climate Change on Seagra...

In a treatise, professor and seagrass ecologist/physiologist Dr. Richard Zimmerman reflects on the history of seagrass ecosystems research and contemplates the future of seagrasses under human disturbance and a changing ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

NOAA Intervention Strategy Seeks to Stem Loss of U...

NOAA Action Plan on Coral Intervention. Credit: NOAA. Rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions are threatening coral reefs worldwide, leading to a re-evaluation of long-standing conservation strategies. In response to recommendations from ...
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Coastal Change, Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Ocean Acidification, Protected Species, American Samoa, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Georgia, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Utah, Waterbodies, shay.viehman@noaa.gov

Past, Present, and Future High Tide Flooding in Ch...

To aid in coastal planning, an NCCOS-sponsored study has developed a forecast of high tide flooding for the City of Charleston, South Carolina's historic peninsula section. In 1950, Charleston experienced ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Atlantic Ocean, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

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