Bloom severity index (SI) for 2002-2022. The SI is based on the amount of biomass over the peak 30-days. The 2022 bloom had a severity of 6.8. October marked the ...

Seed-like cysts of the harmful alga Alexandrium catenella. Credit: Tyler Harman, Mark Vandersea, NOAA NCCOS. Scientists from NCCOS and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution embarked on a seven-day sediment sampling mission ...

NOAA has awarded $967,505 of an anticipated four-year, $4.2 million project to support research on multi-stressor impacts on marine ecosystems under climate change. The newly funded project, led by Oregon ...

NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science provided a harmful algal bloom (HAB) Event Response award of $4,520 to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS), ...

Western Lake Erie True Color Image of a harmful algal bloom derived from Ocean and Land Color Instrument (OLCI) sensor on Copernicus Sentinel-b obtained from EUMETSAT. NOAA’s National Centers for ...

NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) provided a Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Event Response award of $6,820 to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) to respond to ...

From October 2017 to January 2019, a significant red tide limited access to marine and coastal areas in Florida, heavily impacting tourism. The “2018 red tide," as it is commonly ...

Spring in the Bering Strait; several miles offshore, south of the community of Wales, Alaska. Credit: Gay Sheffield, University of Alaska Fairbanks/Alaska Sea Grant. The NCCOS Ecology & Oceanography of ...

Sediment collection in Puget Sound on R\V Robertson. Credit: C. Greengrove, UWT. NCCOS-funded partners recently completed the second of a two-phased research cruise in Puget Sound as part of a ...

Lake Erie harmful algal bloom as seen from above on August 5, 2019 during a flight to assist in improvements to the NOAA HAB forecast. Credit: Aerial Associates Photography Inc, ...