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Executive Mosaic Media (blog)
April 11, 2018
Ambrose also previously held positions at NOAA's National Weather Service, National Ocean Service and National Environmental Data and Information Service offices, and at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory. “I hope to help leverage the data Woolpert collects to reduce riskÃâà...
Inhabitat
April 11, 2018
Mangrove forests “stabilize the coastline, reducing erosion from storm surges, currents, waves, and tides,” according to the National Ocean Service. But the 2017 hurricane wasn't kind to Florida's mangroves. Quenee told MNN, “After the hurricane there was a massive amount of [mangrove] seedlings mixedÃâà...
Richmond News
April 11, 2018
Though they look somewhat alike, dolphins have longer noses, pointier teeth, and longer, leaner bodies than porpoises, with a curvier, backward-pointing dorsal fin, according to America's National Ocean Service. All finless porpoises, said the researchers, originated from an ocean-dwelling ancestor.
Los Angeles Times
April 11, 2018
In 2015, the National Ocean Service reported that a team of international scientists had found that oxybenzone "is highly toxic to juvenile corals and other marine life." Most skin-care products — nearly 3,500 worldwide, according to a U.S. government report — contain oxybenzone, a chemical also knownÃâà...
Phys.Org
April 10, 2018
... the marine mammal family known as cetaceans, which also includes whales and dolphins. Though they look somewhat alike, dolphins have longer noses, pointier teeth, and longer, leaner bodies than porpoises, with a curvier, backward-pointing dorsal fin, according to America's National Ocean Service.
Charleston Post Courier
April 3, 2018
Some of the worst concentrations of man-made carcinogens ever found in dolphins were in the blubber of animals pulled from Charleston Harbor a decade and a half ago. One of those dolphins tested was called "Number 864" by scientists. So it delighted Eric Zolman, a National Ocean Service biologist,Ãâà...
Tech Times
March 24, 2018
There have been claims that the patch could be seen from space, which is not true according to the National Ocean Service. Even if someone were to sail through the area, it would very difficult to see the patch or even the plastics floating in the area as they are not immediately visible to the naked eye.
Romper
March 16, 2018
Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic, ranging from microscopic in size to about 5 millimeters (about the size of a sesame seed), as per the National Ocean Service, and they come from a variety of plastic sources. For one, when plastic items break down, they do not biodegrade, but instead keep breakingÃâà...
Rappler
March 15, 2018
Bleaching occurs when corals turn completely white due to changes in ocean temperature, runoff and pollution, overexposure to sunlight, and extreme low tides, according to NOAA's National Ocean Service. The phenomenon has damaged important coral reefs in the world, including those off the coast ofÃâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
March 15, 2018
... the community level that this warrants a conversation with the governor in terms of why he pivoted away from supporting our local efforts," Mlada said. Keeley Belva, the acting director of public affairs for NOAA's National Ocean Service, said the agency has reviewed Walker's letter and is considering nextÃâà...
WashingtonExec
March 15, 2018
The company will provide services at SEFSC laboratories or field stations, or at one of the National Ocean Service facilities engaged in cooperative work with the SEFSC. “This year, we targeted NOAA as a strategic agency due to NOAA's urgent need for IT support for data management and analysis, whichÃâà...
The Sheboygan Press
March 13, 2018
Green directed a reporter's inquiries last week to Keeley Belva, the acting director of public affairs for NOAA's National Ocean Service. In a statement to USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, Belva said the agency had reviewed Walker's letter and was “considering next steps.” Reached later by phone, BelvaÃâà...
CNN
March 7, 2018
With this report, Sweet and his team from NOAA's National Ocean Service hope to inform coastal community managers and policy makers of the significant and imminent threat they are facing from rising seas. "Understanding the risk to communities from relative sea level rise is important to mitigating andÃâà...
TIME
March 2, 2018
Such a weather pattern could occur during the storm Friday, according to The Weather Channel. “This can happen when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass, such as air over warm ocean waters,” the National Ocean Service says. That can then create a “bomb cyclone,” which the East Coast sawÃâà...
Union of Concerned Scientists (blog)
March 2, 2018
First the good news: Through recent continuing appropriations (Public Law No. 115-124 on 2/9/2018), the federal government funding has been sustained near FY17 enacted levels in FY18. The kickoff for the FY19 budget began when the President's proposed budget was released two weeks ago. Now theÃâà...
MPA News
February 22, 2018
Spokespeople with BOEM and the National Ocean Service (which oversees the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries) were unable to provide clarification on this to MPA News. The 12,720-km2 Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, although given a reprieve from oil/gasÃâà...
Futurism
February 22, 2018
As defined by the National Ocean Service of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, microplastics are pieces of plastic less than five millimeters long. These pollutants are known to be harmful to the aquatic life that inadvertently ingests them: from tiny feeders like zooplankton and otherÃâà...
Cordova Times
February 21, 2018
That's enough to have an impact of at least $82 million a year on the U.S. economy, they note, in a video on the National Ocean Service website. The harmful algal blooms occur when tiny microscopic plants called phytoplankton grow out of control, producing toxic effects on people, fish, shellfish, marineÃâà...
The Salem News
February 15, 2018
Conservationists, such as Oceana, have railed against the deep cuts in ocean-funded research, such as the 33 percent cut in the National Ocean Service. “The president's proposal would cripple NOAA, the nation's premier agency for ocean management and research,” Oceana said in its statementÃâà...
YubaNet
February 13, 2018
Major NOAA programs would suffer massive cuts; the National Ocean Service would be cut by 33 percent and Oceanic and Atmospheric Research would be slashed by 37 percent. Without adequate funding, NOAA would be unable to carry out its mission to understand and predict changes in oceans,Ãâà...
Maui News
February 2, 2018
“We often see similar debris accumulation along shear lines when conditions are just right,” said Mark Manuel, the Pacific Island Marine Debris regional coordinator for NOAA's National Ocean Service. “Most often the accumulations disperse on their own. “This does remind us to not contribute to the globalÃâà...
The Ledger
December 31, 1999
During Hurricane Matthew in October 2016, the National Weather Service reported the water level on the National Ocean Service gauge at Mayport reached its all-time record high. As seas continue to rise, the base's exposure to storm surge flooding is expected to worsen. Eglin Air Force Base. Eglin AirÃâà...
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