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Topic: Ocean

Bluefin tuna.

Celebrate our world ocean in June

June 6, 2019

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Bluefin tuna.

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary celebrates 30 years of ocean protection

May 30, 2019

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Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

NOAA, the National Park Service and other partners launched a new buoy to measure ocean carbon dioxide concentrations and other data in Fagatele Bay in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa.

New buoy in American Samoa opens a window into a changing ocean

May 21, 2019

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NOAA, the National Park Service and other partners launched a new buoy to measure ocean carbon dioxide concentrations and other data in Fagatele Bay in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa.

A humpback whale surfaces near the island of Maui.

Podcast: Citizen scientists help monitor marine life during Sanctuary Ocean Count

March 22, 2019

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citizen science

A humpback whale surfaces near the island of Maui.

Scientists raise a rosette loaded with water samples to measure carbon dioxide in the ocean. Credit:

Global ocean is absorbing more carbon from fossil fuel emissions

March 14, 2019

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published research

Scientists raise a rosette loaded with water samples to measure carbon dioxide in the ocean. Credit:

NOAA and cooperative institute scientists are releasing Deep Argo floats off Hawaii to test them in preparation for the major deployment NOAA and Paul G. Allen Family Foundation will conduct next year to create the the Atlantic Ocean array in international waters off Brazil.

Deep-diving robots find warming accelerating in ocean off Antarctica

March 6, 2019

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NOAA and cooperative institute scientists are releasing Deep Argo floats off Hawaii to test them in preparation for the major deployment NOAA and Paul G. Allen Family Foundation will conduct next year to create the the Atlantic Ocean array in international waters off Brazil.

Right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) breaching.

Conserving whales, dolphins and porpoises in an ever-changing ocean

February 12, 2019

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Right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) breaching.

Coral core.

Coral skeletons teach NOAA about the past ocean

December 13, 2018

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Coral core.

Noise pollution in the ocean has increased dramatically in the last 50 years.

Podcast: What you need to know about ocean noise

September 10, 2018

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Noise pollution in the ocean has increased dramatically in the last 50 years.

A joint deployment of an environmental sensor processor off the Washington coast by NOAA and the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems, one of the certified IOOS regional associations. The sensor has a special sampling package on board designed to detect early signs of harmful algal blooms (HABs).

All IOOS regional networks now NOAA-certified

August 28, 2018

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measurements and observations

A joint deployment of an environmental sensor processor off the Washington coast by NOAA and the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems, one of the certified IOOS regional associations. The sensor has a special sampling package on board designed to detect early signs of harmful algal blooms (HABs).

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