NOAA-supported ocean explorations: A foundation for education and for understanding oil spill-related changes in the Gulf of Mexico

NOAA and partners conducted 11 ocean explorations in the Gulf of Mexico during the past ten years, providing a foundation of information against which to measure change to the region's ecosystems - changes that may relate to the Deepwater Horizon event that took place a year ago....

Statement on management and science reports from Eric Schwaab, assistant administrator for NOAA's Fisheries Service

Tuesday, NOAA released phase one of an independent assessment of the fishery management system in New England that was requested last year....

In the wake of a wind turbine

To improve energy production by wind farms, NOAA researchers and colleagues are launching a study this month to make visible the invisible "wakes" produced behind wind turbines....

NOAA celebrates Recovery Act project restoring salt marsh and fish passage on Cape Cod

Eric Schwaab, assistant NOAA administrator for fisheries, joined officials from the town of Brewster, Mass., and other partners today on the shores of Cape Cod’s Stony Brook to celebrate the completion of a American Reinvestment and Recovery Act project that restored natural tidal flow to 20 acres of salt marsh and opened passage for fish to n...

NOAA hurricane team to embark on East Coast awareness tour

NOAA hurricane experts will visit five U.S. East Coast cities aboard a NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft to raise awareness about storm threats and the danger of being caught without a personal hurricane plan....