6 Ways We Can Ensure the Magic of Florida’s Coasts Lasts Forever
Florida, my home, has an iconic natural environment. It is surrounded by oceans, built upon aquifers, shot through with rivers and lakes and is dependent on clean water running through all those systems. From the Panhand...
6 Ways We Can Ensure the Magic of Florida’s Coasts Lasts Forever
Last week marked the 50th anniversary of the start of the Santa Barbara oil spill. The anniversary got me thinking about the three major oil spills in United States waters—Santa Barbara (1969), Exxon Valdez (1989) and De...
What Have We Learned From 50 Years of Offshore Oil Disasters?
The federal government shutdown is now the longest in history and shows no signs of drawing to a close. Of NOAA’s 11,000 employees, more than half are currently furloughed. None are currently being paid. NOAA’s important...
Government Shutdown Means Wave of Problems
As the federal government shutdown trudges on into the New Year, people from coast to coast are feeling the impacts of losing access to the many federal agencies that provide critical services to their communities and to...
Government Shutdown is a Disaster for Our Ocean
On Tuesday, lawmakers in the House of Representatives from across the country banded together to send the Trump administration a clear message: don’t recklessly expand drilling off our coasts. Representatives introduced...
New Congress Proposes Bold Action to Prohibit the Expansion of Risky Drilling
Warming temperatures, thinning and shrinking sea ice, increasing ship traffic and a threat of expanded offshore oil drilling… lately, news from the Arctic hasn’t exactly been uplifting. This year, researchers even found...
The U.S. Arctic: A Year in Review
Last night Congress missed its deadline to agree on a funding solution to replace the expiring Continuing Resolution (CR) and the federal government has partially shut down. Until Congress can reach an agreement on feder...
5 Reasons Why the Government Shutdown is Bad for Our Ocean
Wonder Woman? Aquaman? Batman? All of the above? (GASP! Holy saltmarshes ocean fans, am I drawing a connection between Super Heroes and a marine ecosystem?!) When I think about estuaries, that’s what comes to mind. By th...
Estuaries, the Coastal Super Heroes
Our ocean is full of amazing creatures and underwater features that make it the incredible place it is. We can thank much of what we know about the oceans to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) f...
5 of the Coolest NOAA Fleet Finds
The Arctic is warming two times faster than the rest of the planet, which is reducing seasonal ice cover and opening the region to increasing ship traffic. This growth in vessel traffic creates a lot of risks. I was hono...