Marine debris can entangle and harm marine organisms. For air-breathing organisms, such as the green sea turtle, entanglement in debris can prevent animals from being able to swim to the surface, ...

New cooperative agreements will enable U.S. IOOS regional associations to operate regional coastal observing systems throughout U.S. waters.

A North Atlantic right whale mother and calf spotted off the U.S. southern coast by NOAA researchers during the 2020 breeding season. Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in Massachusetts is a ...

Chocolate chip sea cucumber found at Johnston Atoll. Most sea cucumbers are scavengers, moving along the seafloor and feeding on tiny particles of algae or microscopic marine animals collected with ...

Hundreds of massive container ships rely daily on accurate real-time tide and current information to navigate safely to and from U.S. ports. Current measurements are important to shipping, commercial ...

The term "bathymetry" originally referred to the ocean's depth relative to sea level, although it has come to mean “submarine topography,” or the depths and shapes of underwater terrain. In the same ...

Pocosins are generally found along the Atlantic coastal plain of the United States, from southern Virginia to northern Florida. These areas typically occur in broad, low-lying shallow basins that do ...

All corals require very salty water to survive—from 32 to 42 parts per thousand—restricting them to coastal and open ocean areas. Because of this, different types of coral communities are typically ...

Hurricane Laura rapidly strengthened on August 26 in the Gulf of Mexico. By the time Laura reached southwest Louisiana early on August 27, maximum sustained winds reached 150 mph. This part of the ...

The CHALLENGER at St. Paul’s Rocks. In The Voyage of the CHALLENGER - The Atlantic Vol I, by Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 1878. Archival Photography by Steve Nicklas, NOS, NGS. Courtesy NOAA “The Gallant ...

Cigarette butts continue to rank among the most common types of marine debris found. The Ocean Conservancy’s 2018 International Coastal Cleanup Report stated that 2,412,151 cigarette butts were ...