News Topic - NOAA
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NOAA Offers Grants for California Schools to Become Ocean Guardians
NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries announced today it is offering “Ocean Guardian” grants of up to $6,000 to a number of California schools whose students create a school or community-based conservation project that protects their local watershed and the ocean.
NOAA – May 13, 2008 4:02 PM [GMT] – comment?
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NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries announced today it is offering “Ocean Guardian” grants of up to $6,000 to a number of California schools whose students create a school or community-based conservation project that protects their local watershed and the ocean.
NOAA – May 13, 2008 4:02 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Students Selected for 2008 NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholarships
NOAA has awarded scholarships to 111 students from 36 states through the agency’s 2008 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship program.
NOAA – May 12, 2008 2:05 PM [GMT] – comment?
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NOAA has awarded scholarships to 111 students from 36 states through the agency’s 2008 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship program.
NOAA – May 12, 2008 2:05 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Draft Management Plan for NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Released for Public Review and Comment
NOAA today released a comprehensive draft management plan and environmental assessment for Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary for public review and comment. Based on several years of scientific study and extensive public input, the plan recommends specific actions to address issues impacting ... more »
NOAA – May 6, 2008 3:22 PM [GMT] – comment?
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NOAA today released a comprehensive draft management plan and environmental assessment for Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary for public review and comment. Based on several years of scientific study and extensive public input, the plan recommends specific actions to address issues impacting ... more »
NOAA – May 6, 2008 3:22 PM [GMT] – comment?
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NOAA's Fisheries Service Issues Far-Reaching Plans for Protecting Northwest Salmon
NOAA's Fisheries Service, the federal agency charged with protecting Northwest salmon listed under the Endangered Species Act, released today a trio of biological opinions that provide comprehensive, far-reaching plans for the protected salmon species.
NOAA – May 5, 2008 6:08 PM [GMT] – comment?
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NOAA's Fisheries Service, the federal agency charged with protecting Northwest salmon listed under the Endangered Species Act, released today a trio of biological opinions that provide comprehensive, far-reaching plans for the protected salmon species.
NOAA – May 5, 2008 6:08 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Key Climate Sensor Restored to NPOESS
A sensor considered critical in monitoring global climate will be restored to the first satellite scheduled to fly in the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) top officials from NOAA, NASA, and the Air Force said yesterday.
NOAA – May 2, 2008 6:07 PM [GMT] – comment?
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A sensor considered critical in monitoring global climate will be restored to the first satellite scheduled to fly in the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) top officials from NOAA, NASA, and the Air Force said yesterday.
NOAA – May 2, 2008 6:07 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Arctic, Antarctic: Poles Apart in Climate Response
While the Arctic and the Antarctic experience similar greenhouse gas levels and solar radiation, each region responds in a dramatically different way, especially in temperature and loss of sea ice, says an international team of scientists that includes a NOAA oceanographer. While the Arctic is warmi ... more »
NOAA – May 2, 2008 4:04 PM [GMT] – comment?
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While the Arctic and the Antarctic experience similar greenhouse gas levels and solar radiation, each region responds in a dramatically different way, especially in temperature and loss of sea ice, says an international team of scientists that includes a NOAA oceanographer. While the Arctic is warmi ... more »
NOAA – May 2, 2008 4:04 PM [GMT] – comment?
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“Fishery Failure” Declared for West Coast Salmon Fishery
Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez today declared a commercial fishery failure for the West Coast salmon fishery due to historically low salmon returns. Also today, NOAA’s Fisheries Service issued regulations to close or severely limit recreational and commercial salmon fishing in the ... more »
NOAA – May 1, 2008 4:37 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez today declared a commercial fishery failure for the West Coast salmon fishery due to historically low salmon returns. Also today, NOAA’s Fisheries Service issued regulations to close or severely limit recreational and commercial salmon fishing in the ... more »
NOAA – May 1, 2008 4:37 PM [GMT] – comment?
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NOAA Begins Ocean Data Integration Effort
NOAA has launched a major initiative to link together a wealth of ocean observation data from a wide variety of federal and non-federal sources.
NOAA – Apr 30, 2008 2:26 PM [GMT] – comment?
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NOAA has launched a major initiative to link together a wealth of ocean observation data from a wide variety of federal and non-federal sources.
NOAA – Apr 30, 2008 2:26 PM [GMT] – comment?
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NOAA Recognizes Arlington County, Va., as StormReady®
Arlington County, Va., has become the fifth Washington, D.C., metropolitan county to become StormReady, making more than 63 percent of metro Washington D.C. StormReady.
NOAA – Apr 28, 2008 6:31 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Arlington County, Va., has become the fifth Washington, D.C., metropolitan county to become StormReady, making more than 63 percent of metro Washington D.C. StormReady.
NOAA – Apr 28, 2008 6:31 PM [GMT] – comment?
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NOAA Employing New Tools to Accurately Measure Climate Change
NOAA today announced it will install the last nine of the 114 stations as part of its new, high-tech climate monitoring network. The stations track national average changes in temperature and precipitation trends. The U.S. Climate Reference Network (CRN) is on schedule to activate these final statio ... more »
NOAA – Apr 24, 2008 1:07 PM [GMT] – comment?
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NOAA today announced it will install the last nine of the 114 stations as part of its new, high-tech climate monitoring network. The stations track national average changes in temperature and precipitation trends. The U.S. Climate Reference Network (CRN) is on schedule to activate these final statio ... more »
NOAA – Apr 24, 2008 1:07 PM [GMT] – comment?
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