News Topic - NOAA

NOAA Proposes Critical Habitat for Threatened Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals
Elkhorn and staghorn corals, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in May 2006, will benefit from the designation of newly proposed critical habitat. NOAA is seeking public comment on its proposal, which identifies approximately 4,931 square miles of marine habitat in Florida, Puerto ... more »
NOAA  –  Feb 7, 2008 3:12 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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NOAA’s Fisheries Service Lists Oregon Coast Coho for Federal Protection
NOAA's Fisheries Service will list Oregon coast coho as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act.
NOAA  –  Feb 5, 2008 4:16 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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NOAA Cautions Public to Avoid Seal Pups on California Beaches
NOAA’s Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary advises beachgoers against interacting with any seal pups they may find on the beach. Newborn harbor seal pups, born in late winter and spring, could suffer permanent harm if someone not licensed in marine mammal rescue were to move them ... more »
NOAA  –  Jan 31, 2008 5:22 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Veteran Research Pilot to Head NOAA’s Aviation Weather Center
NOAA has named Robert Maxson director of the Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, the nation’s primary source of weather information for domestic and international flights. Maxson will leave his post as a research pilot with the National Science Foundation in Boulder, Colo. and begin his n ... more »
NOAA  –  Jan 30, 2008 5:05 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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...Warmer Ocean Could Reduce Number of Atlantic Hurricane Landfalls...
A warming global ocean, influencing the winds that shear off the tops of developing storms, could mean fewer Atlantic hurricanes striking the United States according to new findings by NOAA climate scientists.
National Weather Service  –  Jan 30, 2008 10:38 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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NOAA’s Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Extends Deadline for Applications for Advisory Council
NOAA’s Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary has extended the deadline to Feb. 10 for applications for the tourism alternate and Chumash Community member and alternate positions on its advisory council.
NOAA  –  Jan 28, 2008 4:02 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Veteran Marine Safety Expert to Head NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
David Westerholm, former chief of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Response, has been named the new director of NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration.
NOAA  –  Jan 22, 2008 9:36 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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NOAA Administrator Expresses Concern over Satellite Contractor Delay
NOAA’s top official today expressed concern that a contractor’s slow development of a critical new sensor will delay its delivery for a scheduled launch of a precursor mission for the National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS).
NOAA  –  Jan 22, 2008 7:25 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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NOAA Funds $3.8 Million, Five-Year Project to Study, Manage Saginaw Bay Ecosystem
NOAA has awarded a regional consortium of Great Lakes area universities and research organizations $760,000 for the first year of a five-year, $3.8 million pilot project to develop a new approach to analyzing and managing the cumulative effects of climate change, land use, invasive species, and othe ... more »
NOAA  –  Jan 18, 2008 10:31 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Former Gray’s Reef Sanctuary Research Vessel Has Second Life as Home to Sea Creatures
A former Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary research ship sunk last year off the Georgia coast as an artificial reef is now home to a diverse array of marine fish and invertebrates after only four months on the bottom, according to NOAA scientists.
NOAA  –  Jan 17, 2008 9:08 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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