NOAA News Releases

The latest news releases from NOAA - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAA Releases Report on the State of Deep Coral Ecosystems in the U.S. - December 10, 2007

NOAA released a new report, The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States, called for in the Presidents Ocean Action Plan on December 10. The peer-reviewed report, prepared by NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program, provides a baseline for future research and management of these unique and vulnerable ecosystems.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071210_coral.html

Mary Glackin Named Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere - December 5, 2007

Retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, announced today that Mary M. Glackin has been appointed as deputy under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071204_glackin.html

NOAA Helps Prepare East Coast Communities for Tsunami, Storm-Driven Flood Threats - December 4, 2007

A team of scientists took a crucial step forward in NOAAs effort to prepare U.S. coastal communities, including Long Island, Atlantic City, and Daytona Beach for potentially deadly tsunami and storm-driven flooding. Scientists with NOAAs National Geophysical Data Center and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, both based in Boulder, Colo., recently created high-resolution digital elevation models, or DEMs, for the three cities.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071203_eastcoasttsunami.html

Study: Expanding Tropical Belt Could Affect Climate - December 3, 2007

The Earths tropical belt approximately the area between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn has widened over the past quarter century as the planet has warmed, and could change precipitation patterns that would affect ecosystems, agriculture, and water resources, according to research by a NOAA scientist and colleagues. The findings are published today in the first edition of the new publication Nature Geoscience.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071203_tropicalbelt.html