These record water levels may not be the end of the story for California’s coastal communities. NOAA predicts above-normal high tides will occur from November 22-27, 2026, and December 22-26, 2026, ...
Reef-building corals cannot tolerate water temperatures below 64° Fahrenheit (18° Celsius). Many grow optimally in water temperatures between 73° and 84° Fahrenheit (23°–29°Celsius), but some can ...
Members of NOAA’s National Ocean Service, NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey, NOAA Communications and the NOAA Studio Team stand with a ceremonial survey mark in front of the Mount Rushmore National ...
Active "smoker" hydrothermal vent chimneys about 9 meters tall are found deep in the Mariana Arc region in the Western Pacific Ocean. Credit: Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean ...
A satellite image of Lake Erie from Aug. 10, 2014, showing green discoloration in the water due to a large harmful algal bloom (HAB). NOAA scientists continue to issue timely forecasts to aid in the ...
The Census of Marine Life was an international project that recorded the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the ocean. A school of spadefish in Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, ...
Invasive species can harm both the natural resources in an ecosystem as well as threaten human use of these resources. An invasive species can be introduced to a new area via the ballast water of ...
Bivalve mollusks (e.g., clams, oysters, mussels, scallops) have an external covering that is a two-part hinged shell that contains a soft-bodied invertebrate. A roughfile clam from the Flower Garden ...
"The storm took place at sundown, it lasted through the night, When we looked out next morning, we saw a terrible sight. We saw outside our window where wheat fields they had grown Was now a rippling ...
Hurricane Maria made landfall as a high-end Category 4 storm on Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. The massive storm—the 10th most intense Atlantic storm on record—devastated the U.S. territory, and ...
Great acts of courage, senseless tragedy, the heroism of a captain, the greed of a stingy shipowner, the stupidity of a watchman all find their ways into the history of shipwrecks. Shipwrecks are an ...
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