U.S., European Union to strengthen cooperation to combat illegal fishing

NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco and Maria Damanaki, European Union commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries, will sign a historic statement on Wednesday pledging bilateral cooperation to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, known as IUU fishing - a first for the longstanding partnership between the U.S. and the E.U. on...

Tracking Tropical Storm Lee

NOAA's National Hurricane Center is issuing forecasts for Tropical Storm Lee. This system will bring significant rainfall to portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with flooding likely....

Argo floats help monitor ocean acidity

Scientists can now remotely monitor the ocean’s changing chemistry with help from some of the five-foot-tall Argo floats that drift with deep ocean currents and transmit data via satellite back to land....

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson conducts sea floor surveys to keep shipping safe along Long Island coast

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson continues today on a three-month survey of the sea floor off the coast of New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, as part of a multi-year effort to update nautical charts for Block Island Sound and keep large ships and commerce moving safely....

Looking at Irene

Irene may be gone, but she leaves behind lives lost, widespread power outages, intense flooding, and property damage across more than 12 states. The storm ranks as the 10th $1 billion disaster of 2011. NOAA’s early and accurate prediction of Irene’s storm path saved lives and livelihoods, as did the unprecedented use of social media to alert eme...