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Adapting Estuarine Mesocosm Technology for Subarctic Waters

For many years, scientists at the NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Hollings Marine Laboratory in ...
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Community Perceptions of Coral Reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands: A Summary Report

NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) socioeconomic team has published a new report, which presents primary ...
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Two Decades of Rapid Response: NOAA’s Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response Program Reaches Funding Milestone

Program provided its 1 millionth dollar in direct support for harmful algal bloom (HAB) event response activities in 2026, ...
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New Report Summarizes Alaska Aquaculture Vision

NOAA has released the Gulf of Alaska Atlas Rollout and Webtool Planning Workshop Series Report, summarizing input gathered during a series of public engagement workshops held in Anchorage, Juneau, and ...
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Envisioning CIROH’s Unique Opportunities to Advance Water Quality Forecasting

This project began in July 2025 and is expected to end in March 2027. This project team will lead a series of strategic workshops hosted at the Universities of Alabama, Iowa, and Vermont. These ...
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Total Water Level Products and Related Risk Communications

This project began in July 2025 and is expected to end in March 2027. Total water level (TWL) is a way to predict flooding in coastal areas. It works by combining different factors, such as tides, ...
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Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom from Satellite in Western Lake Erie Basin

As of June 1, we switched to an enhanced true color product to better highlight water features. Click the next and previous arrows to view the most recent 10 usable ...
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Measuring Beach-level Impacts of Red Tide Blooms on Respiratory Irritation in Humans

This project began in October 2026 and is ongoing. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) of the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis, also known as red tide, bloom nearly annually along the southwest Florida Gulf ...
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Texas Satellite Imagery

showing location of algae bloom which may include algae besides K. brevis. Water samples from 10-15-2026 to 10-22-2026 detected red tide (caused by Karenia brevis) along the coast at levels unlikely ...