NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) has developed an innovative system design to collect water level data in remote cold climate regions where there are problems with ice accumulation. ...

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Meet Darlene Finch, Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator for the NOAA Coastal Services Center...

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Survey towers were used by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey surveyors from the mid-1800s through the 1980s to obtain the clear lines-of-sight needed to conduct the surveys that are the backbone of our nation’s spatial reference framework. One of the most enduring and widely used types of towers was the Bilby Tower, designed by Jasper Bilby in 1926....

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Several hydrographic surveys managed by NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey recently reached important milestones. In July, Coast Survey acquired hydrographic survey data that will help protect North Atlantic Right Whale calves....

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In the next installment of our 'View from the States' video series, coastal managers share their perspectives on the potential impacts of climate change....

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Scientists at NOS’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and their colleagues just completed a study suggesting that approximately one-quarter of an adult lionfish population would have to be removed monthly to reduce the invasion rate of lionfish, a native Indo-Pacific species that has invaded Atlantic and Caribbean waters in recent years....

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Meet Ronnie Taylor, Deputy Director of the National Geodetic Survey....

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One reason coastal areas are so important to Americans is because of their natural beauty and importance to wildlife. For example, estuaries, places where rivers enter the ocean, are crucial spawning areas for many commercial and recreational fish and shellfish. They also buffer upland areas from flooding and shoreline erosion....

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NOAA's National Ocean Service and National Marine Fisheries Service launched the second online educational game in the WaterLife series, “Sea Turtles and the Quest to Nest.” The Web-based game encourages and explains loggerhead sea turtle conservation through a series of games and animations aimed at fourth through seventh grade students....

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More than 170 NOAA employees and partners recently spent a day on Chesapeake Bay planting switch grass, restoring native oysters, and partaking in dozens of other activities as part of the annual 'NOAA Restoration Day’....

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