As rising carbon emissions increase ocean acidity, alkaline river runoff might slow acidification. New research along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico indicates a link between river runoff and ocean chemistry.
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Scientists have long wanted to know more about what happens under the ice of the Great Lakes each winter. New tools built with NOAA’s industry partners may help fill the knowledge gap.
Observations and measurements collected by the ocean robot can detect sudden changes in ocean conditions not captured by satellites and boost forecast accuracy with improved data.
Did you watch the weather forecast today? Do you ever wonder where meteorologists get the information that helps them predict the weather? Every day, ships, buoys, and coastal platforms take ...
Last year, an autonomous surface vehicle named “BEN” plied the waters of Lake Huron, creating a detailed map of the seafloor in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Ninety-nine shipwrecks have…
NOAA’s Sectoral Applications Research Program hosted an OAR Social Science Network webinar on Wednesday, September 20 from 3:45 to 4:45 pm EDT. We had two speakers who shared their research on ...
A study partly funded by the CPO's Climate Observation Division found evidence of changes in cloud concentration and height due to climate change between 1983 and 2009. Recently published in Nature …