# NOS Newsroom

NOAA's National Ocean Service Newsroom for Media

- NOAA and NFWF announce $144 million in grants to support coastal resilience projects
- NOAA unveils new tool for exploring coral reef data
- Biden-Harris Administration awards $6.7 million for sea level rise and coastal resilience research
- NOAA awards over $20 million for harmful algal bloom and hypoxia research, monitoring
- Biden-Harris Administration announces $100 million to bolster climate resilience in communities as part of Investing in America agenda
- Biden-Harris Administration invests $3.9 million for Ocean Enterprise engagement through Investing in America agenda
- New ocean mapping center expands NOAA, University of New Hampshire partnership
- NOAA selects members to new advisory committee to advance area-based conservation
- NOAA announces $28 million across 2 funding opportunities to tackle marine debris
- Biden-Harris Administration proposes new Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary off California coast
- U.S. high tide flooding continues to break records
- NOAA to release annual and monthly high tide flooding outlooks
- Biden-Harris Administration makes $240 million available for habitat restoration and coastal resilience through Investing in America agenda
- NOAA and partners announce below-average 'dead zone' measured in Gulf of Mexico
- NOAA announces $17 million for infrastructure improvements for Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA announces $15 million to support construction of a visitor center in Provincetown for Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA announces $3 million to support construction of a new discovery center in Port Angeles for Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA announces $7 million for construction of new facility for Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA announces $5 million to design a new visitor center for Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary
- Biden-Harris Administration invests $50 million to strengthen climate resilience, enhance equitable access to benefits of NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary System
- NOAA announces $2 million for renovation of historic structure for Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries
- Biden-Harris Administration announces $60 million to create a climate resilience accelerator program and support small businesses through Investing in America agenda
- Smaller-than-average harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie
- Biden-Harris Administration announces $575 million for coastal and Great Lakes climate resilience through Investing in America agenda
- Marine economy bolsters American prosperity
- Biden-Harris Administration announces $2.6 billion framework through Investing in America agenda to protect coastal communities and restore marine resources
- NOAA forecasts below-average summer 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico
- Biden-Harris Administration considers national marine sanctuary in Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie
- NOAA partners receive $14 million to enhance ocean and coastal observations through Investing in America agenda
- NOAA upgrades model to improve storm surge forecasting
- Biden-Harris Administration recommends $562 million investment to make communities resilient to climate impacts as part of Investing in America agenda
- NOAA considers sanctuary in waters around Pacific Remote Islands
- Department of Commerce announces plan to initiate process to designate marine sanctuary in Pacific Remote Islands Expanding Protections for Pacific Remote Islands Toward Goal of Conserving 30% of U.S. Ocean by 2030
- NOAA awards $20.5 million for ocean and coastal resource management Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support regional partnerships, federally-recognized tribes
- NOAA seeks to expand Seafood Import Monitoring Program Seafood traceability deters illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood fraud
- NOAA announces historic funding for fish habitats across U.S. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help recover endangered fish; prioritize tribal communities
- New protections for endangered whales along the California coast adopted
- NOAA, NFWF announce record $136 million for coastal resilience
- NOAA and BOEM announce draft offshore wind, North Atlantic right whale strategy
- NOAA awards $18.9M for harmful algal bloom research, monitoring
- NOAA releases Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease response plan
- NOAA, Census mark the new U.S. center of population
- NOAA, NFWF award $2.6 million for largest U.S. marine national monument
- NOAA, NFWF announce $7.7 million in grants to support coastal resilience
- U.S. Postal Service releases stamps featuring NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries
- Below-average harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie
- Biden Administration announces historic coastal and climate resilience funding
- Marine navigation system to increase safety, commerce in Northwest
- Marine economy continues to power American prosperity, despite 2020 downturn
- NOAA begins process to potentially protect waters off New York, New Jersey
- NOAA, NFWF grant $25.2 million for emergency coastal resilience
- NOAA and partners launch high definition exploration of historic shipwrecks
- New Board of Directors to share expertise and tackle challenge of marine debris
- U.S. coastline to see up to a foot of sea level rise by 2050
- NOAA names Long Island Sound estuary as a protected place
- New NOAA report shows U.S. ocean enterprise sector grew 60 percent since 2015
- NOAA considers marine sanctuary off Hawaiian Islands
- NOAA and NFWF grant $39.5 million for national coastal resilience projects
- NOAA analyses to inform aquaculture siting in the Gulf of Mexico and Southern California
- NOAA announces process to designate national marine sanctuary off central California
- Protections restored for marine national monument in U.S. Northeast
- Analysis shows coral loss of 14% worldwide
- NOAA awards $2.3 million to study Gulf of Mexico natural resource management
- NOAA awards $41 million for ocean observing
- NOAA awards $7.3 million for marine debris removal, prevention, and research
- NOAA announces $4.6 million in coastal and infrastructure resilience grants
- NOAA proposes National Estuarine Research Reserve in Connecticut
- Larger-than-average Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ measured
- U.S. high-tide flooding breaks records
- NOAA forecasts average-sized ‘dead zone’ for the Gulf of Mexico
- Smaller summer harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie
- NOAA designates new national marine sanctuary in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan
- Nicole LeBoeuf named director of NOAA’s National Ocean Service
- New global partnership to elevate marine protected areas as tool in climate response
- Large-scale coral restoration begins in Florida Keys sanctuary 
- NOAA launches two coastal models for mariner safety on West Coast, Gulf of Mexico 
- NOAA signs data-share agreement with offshore wind energy company 
- NOAA begins transition exclusively to electronic navigation charts 
- NOAA researchers and partners find new record-sized coral colony in American Samoa 
- NOAA expands Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico 
- NOAA, The Ocean Foundation team up to advance ocean science 
- NOAA strategy addresses stony coral tissue loss disease 
- NFWF and NOAA announce more than $37 million in grants to support coastal resilience efforts across the nation 
- U.S. coral reefs’ health assessed for the first time on a national scale 
- Ocean observing prize solicits designs for tomorrow’s storm tracking technology 
- NOAA grants to advance coral reef conservation science and management 
- NOAA awards $11.6 million for harmful algal bloom research 
- NOAA improves marine navigation near Georgia and New Hampshire naval bases 
- NOAA awards $2.7 million in grants for marine debris removal and prevention 
- Smaller-than-expected Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ measured 
- NOAA selects recipients of the 2020 Dr. Nancy Foster scholarship 
- U.S. high-tide flooding continues to increase 
- Moderate summer harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie 
- Larger-than-average ‘dead zone’ expected for Gulf of Mexico 
- Expansion proposal for Flower Garden Banks sanctuary released 
- NOAA, DOE announce winners of the Powering the Blue Economy Ocean Observing Prize 
- NFWF and NOAA announce $8.2 million in grants to aid communities 
- More than $43 million in coastal resilience grants announced 
- NOAA, partners launch groundbreaking Florida Keys coral reef restoration effort 
- NOAA, NFWF announce $30 million in grants to support coastal resilience efforts across nation 
- NOAA awards $4.4 million for research on sea level rise and flooding 
- NOAA awards $10.2 million for harmful algal bloom research 
- Large ‘dead zone’ measured in Gulf of Mexico 
- NOAA, partners predict large summer harmful algal bloom for western Lake Erie 
- U.S. ties record for number of high tide flooding days in 2018 
- NOAA designates new national marine sanctuary in Maryland 
- NOAA forecasts very large ‘dead zone’ for Gulf of Mexico 
- New OceanReports tool brings ocean data to your fingertips 
- Remote coral reefs in better condition than those near human populations in U.S. Pacific 
- NFWF, NOAA announce $28.9 million in grants for the 2018 National Coastal Resilience Fund 
- NOAA awards more than $8.3 million to advance coral reef conservation science and management 
- Elkhorn Slough designated ‘Wetland of International Importance’ 
- All IOOS regional networks now NOAA-certified 
- NOAA advisory panels to meet in Juneau, focus on Alaska and Arctic navigation 
- Scientists complete mission to map fast-moving fault off Alaska 
- Below-average ‘dead zone’ measured in Gulf of Mexico 
- Smaller summer harmful algal bloom forecast for western Lake Erie 
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and NOAA announce new coastal resilience funding 
- Average sized dead zone forecast for Gulf of Mexico 
- NOAA joins with PortMiami to let larger cargo ships safely enter seaport 
- Hydrographic Services Review Panel to focus on Florida, Gulf Coast 
- NOAA and UN Environment co-host the Sixth International Marine Debris Conference in San Diego, California 
- NOAA appoints new members to Hydrographic Services federal advisory committee 
- Settlement for Natural Resource Damages at the Sheboygan River and Harbor Superfund Site
- NOAA awards $1.7 million for harmful algal bloom research 
- Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured 
- NOAA announces $13.8 million in coastal resilience grants 
- NOAA, partners predict significant summer harmful algal bloom for western Lake Erie 
- NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program awards $16.7 million for Gulf of Mexico research 
- NOAA, USGS and partners predict third largest Gulf of Mexico summer ‘dead zone’ ever 
- Global coral bleaching event likely ending 
- NOAA, USGS and partners predict larger summer ‘dead zone’ for Chesapeake Bay 
- New ‘sister sanctuary’ agreement protects whales from New England to the Caribbean 
- NOAA’s report on U.S. ocean and Great Lakes economy shows growth 
- Scientists document coral loss – and slow signs of recovery – in the Central Pacific 
- NOAA seeks new members for hydrographic advisory panel 
- NOAA and partners release new trap designs to corral invasive lionfish in deep water 
- Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary supports jobs, business income 
- New regional sea level scenarios help communities prepare for risks 
- NOAA designates 29th National Estuarine Research Reserve 
- New regional sea level scenarios help communities prepare for risks 
- Pacific coast marshes more resistant to rising seas than Atlantic 
- NOAA awards $10.44 million in coastal science research funding 
- NOAA awards $9.3 million to advance coral reef conservation 
- Hawaiian deep coral reefs home to unique species and extensive coral cover 
- New guidelines show NOAA’s commitment to address effects of ocean noise on marine mammals 
- Scientists discover a new deep-reef Butterflyfish species in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument 
- A first look at two WWII Battle of the Atlantic shipwrecks 
- NOAA scientists report mass die-off of invertebrates at East Flower Garden Bank in Gulf of Mexico 
- NOAA, partners predict smaller harmful algal bloom for western Lake Erie 
- NOAA and partners cancel Gulf Dead Zone summer cruise 
- IOOS Awards $31m for ocean observing 
- U.S. coral reefs facing warming waters, increased bleaching 
- Chesapeake Bay ‘dead zone’ to be average or slightly smaller 
- Average ‘dead zone’ for Gulf of Mexico predicted 
- El Niño made a nuisance of itself in 2015 
- Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary expansion proposed 
- NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program issues request for Gulf projects 
- NOAA solves disappearance mystery of USS Conestoga 
- U.S., Cuba agree on efforts to improve maritime navigation safety 
- NOAA announces additional community resilience grants totaling $4.5 million 
- NOAA, BOEM upgrade access to 40 years of ocean environmental data 
- El Niño prolongs longest global coral bleaching event 
- New U.S. IOOS Ocean Enterprise Industry Study 
- NOAA announces six community resilience grants totaling $4.5 million 
- Four new algae species discovered in Hawaii's deep waters 
- NOAA releases expansion proposal for Monitor National Marine Sanctuary 
- Remains of lost 1800s whaling fleet discovered off Alaska’s Arctic coast 
- NOAA study finds ‘living shorelines’ can lessen climate change’s effects 
- NOAA awards more than $8 million for coral reef conservation 
- Rare images reveal details of U.S. Navy seaplane lost in Pearl Harbor attack 74 years ago 
- Ciguatera fish poisoning predicted to increase with rising ocean temperatures 
- NOAA announces $4 million in funding to build coastal resilience 
- U.S. and Cuba to cooperate on conservation and management of marine protected areas 
- NOAA online map update offers improved coastal observations and forecasts 
- NOAA declares third ever global coral bleaching event 
- NOAA awards more than $1.3 million to predict coastal acidification impacts to commercial species and vulnerable habitats 
- NOAA awards $1.1 million to support coastal communities facing changing sea levels and coastal flooding 
- Areas in Wisconsin and Maryland identified as possible national marine sanctuaries 
- NOAA, Deepwater Horizon Trustees announce draft restoration plans for Gulf of Mexico following 2010 disaster 
- NOAA’s Marine Debris Program funds 13 new community-based removal projects 
- NOAA awards $2.1 million to improve observation, forecasting, and mitigation of harmful algal blooms and hypoxia 
- NOAA: El Niño may accelerate nuisance flooding 
- NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program awards $2.7 million for Gulf research 
- Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, partners to survey World War I shipwreck 
- NOAA awards grant funding to boost coastal and ocean resilience 
- NOAA: In 2012, U.S. ocean and Great Lakes economy grew much faster than overall GDP 
- 2015 Gulf of Mexico dead zone 'above average' 
- NOAA awards $88,000 in grant funding to respond to West Coast harmful algal bloom outbreak 
- NOAA, partners predict severe harmful algal bloom for Lake Erie 
- Coral bleaching threat increasing in western Atlantic and Pacific oceans 
- NOAA seeks applicants for hydrographic services advisory panel membership 
- NOAA report shows significant economic benefits of recreational fishing in California’s national marine sanctuaries 
- Scientists expect slightly below average Chesapeake Bay ‘dead zone’ this summer 
- NOAA, partners predict an average ‘dead zone’ for Gulf of Mexico 
- Cordell Bank, Farallones national marine sanctuaries expanded 
- NOAA deploys survey ships for Arctic charting projects 
- Gulf of Maine red tide bloom expected to be similar to past three years 
- Two new environmental observation systems for shippers will improve safety and efficiency of commerce in Louisiana 
- NOAA announces long-term Gulf of Mexico ecosystem research priorities 
- NOAA announces new Deepwater Horizon oil spill searchable database web tool 
- NOAA study finds marshes, reefs, beaches can enhance coastal resilience 
- From Texas to Maine, NOAA’s expanded flood information tool promotes resilience 
- Deepwater Horizon trustees announce agreement in principle for 10 Gulf early restoration projects 
- NOAA, partners, survey 'amazingly intact' historic WWII-era aircraft carrier 
- NOAA proposes expanding focus, boundaries of Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary 
- NOAA plans increased 2015 Arctic nautical charting operations 
- NOAA expands Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones national marine sanctuaries off northern California 
- NOAA test unmanned systems for research and management in National Marine Sanctuary System 
- Athline Clark named NOAA’s superintendent of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument 
- Warm ocean temperatures may mean major coral bleaching 
- NOAA Study Uses Latest Tech to Compute Updated Washington Monument Height 
- NOAA study shows oysters, mussels have low levels of diseases, parasite 
- NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North Carolina to restore natural resources affected by wood treatment plant 
- National Ocean Service Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request Highlights
- NOAA seeks input on Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary boundaries 
- NOAA names winners of Walter B. Jones Memorial Awards 
- NOAA, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute launch new lionfish web portal 
- NOAA, partners reveal first images of historic San Francisco shipwreck 
- NOAA appoints members to Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee 
- NOAA, partners provide real-time ocean acidification data to Pacific coast shellfish growers 
- NOAA Selects Alaska's Kachemak Bay as Focus for Habitat Initiative 
- Scientists on NOAA-led mission discover new coral species off California 
- NOAA removes 57 tons of marine debris from Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 
- NOAA’s new Lake Level Viewer aids Great Lakes community planning