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An alligator rests on a log in a swampy area surrounded by trees and lush aquatic vegetation.

Funding opportunity: Environmental Literacy for Community Resilience in the Gulf

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Three photos of citizen science volunteers. From left to right, the first photo is of Shelby wearing a raincoat and hat, standing on a cliff near a foggy coastline. Second, Esther and Jerry stand together on a sandy beach holding turtle monitoring equipment. Third, Craig Wollam holds a large fish while standing on a boat with the coastline in the background.

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An internship bringing together my passion for conservation and science communication

December 20, 2024

Forest vegetation lines a sun-dappled wetland. The water is shallow enough that the forest floor is visible underneath.

Triploids or diploids? An internship creating a decision support tool for oyster farmers in Puget Sound

December 10, 2024

Kiran and Craig are working on a mudflat. Kiran is using a tool to scrape an oyster that she is holding with thick work gloves.

Explore Planet Earth with Teek and Tom in NOAA’s first animated series

December 3, 2024

Image showing Teek (left), a student from the planet Queloz, and Tom (right), a NOAA climate scientist, promoting the “Teek And Tom Explore Planet Earth” series that educates kids and science enthusiasts about Earth’s ocean-weather-climate connection. NOAA photo.

A Hollings internship at the cutting edge of coral research in the Florida Keys

November 19, 2024

Cylindrical corals are lined up in rows in a tank lit by blue light.

Waves of innovation: An internship redesigning an interactive tsunami simulator exhibit

November 19, 2024

A computer screen that presents the user with a scenario. It shows a map of the Pacific Ocean basin with tsunami warning levels, from no alert up to a warning, indicated around various continents' borders. The user is asked to look at the map and determine what type of alert, if any, to send out to emergency management officials in Hawaiʻi. The screen also shows how long ago the scenario's earthquake occurred, hours until tsunami impact, and earthquake magnitude.

The MAINE things I learned during my river herring internship!

November 15, 2024

Four people dressed for fieldwork sit on a log next to a shallow, rapid stream with their backs to the camera. They appear to be in conversation.

Ia Uluulu Matāfolau: A journey of diligence and discovery with fishing communities in American Samoa

November 8, 2024

An underwater photo of Talofa. She is floating at the surface of water looking through her snorkeling mask at the sea floor, which is close enough for her to reach out and touch. She appears to be taking a photo or measurement of the sea floor.

Workshop supports deep-ocean education in American Samoa

November 4, 2024

'R' is for reefs: An internship using R programming to explore Hawaiʻi’s coral ecosystems

October 24, 2024

A bathymetric map of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and Hawaiʻi. The main Hawaiian islands are indicated, and the national monument consists of islands extending away to the northwest for about 1500 km. 10 islands are labeled as having fish data, four of those are also labeled as having benthic data.

What’s my age again? My Hollings internship comparing bottlenose dolphin aging methods

October 17, 2024