NOAA News Releases

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

Northern Wildfire Smoke May Cast Shadow on Arctic Warming - July 21, 2008

The Arctic may get some temporary relief from global warming if the annual North American wildfire season intensifies, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado and NOAA.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080721_arcticfires.html

NOAA Deploys "Smart Buoy Near Mouth of the Rappahannock River - July 18, 2008

The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office will deploy a "smart buoy" on Saturday at the mouth of the Rappahannock River to take observations of the Bay's changing conditions. A part of the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS), this is the fourth interpretative buoy to mark the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080718_stingray.html

NOAA Hosts Educators Climate Change Conference Event Features Presentations by Sally Ride, Susan Solomon - July 18, 2008

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, will join NOAA scientists in Silver Spring July 23-24 to teach K-12 educators how to integrate the science of earths changing climate into their classroom lesson plans.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080718_sallyride.html

Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska, and New Bedford, Mass. Remain Top Fishing Ports - July 17, 2008

Commercial fishermen unloaded 777.2 million pounds of fish, primarily Alaskan pollock, at the port of Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska, making it the countrys top port for landings in 2007, NOAAs Fisheries Service announced today. The port of New Bedford, Mass., claimed the top spot for value of landings, primarily due to sea scallops, bringing in $268 million in 2007. The total domestic commercial landings for 2007 were 9.2 billion pounds, valued at $4.1 billion.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080717_fishingports.html

Seafood Consumption Declines Slightly in 2007 - July 17, 2008

The average American ate 16.3 pounds of fish and shellfish in 2007, a one percent decline from the 2006 consumption figures of 16.5 pounds, according to a NOAAs Fisheries Service study.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080717_seafood.html

Recreational Catch Down Slightly, Remains Second Highest Catch in Decade - July 17, 2008

Marine recreational anglers caught more than 468 million fish in 2007, down slightly from last years historic high of 475 million fish, but still the second highest recreational catch total in the last ten years.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080717_catchdown.html

NOAA and Louisiana Scientists Predict Largest Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone on Record This Summer - July 16, 2008

NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Louisiana State University are forecasting that the dead zone off the coast of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico this summer could be the largest on record.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080715_deadzone.html

NOAA Network Provides Fuel Data for Solar Car Race - July 15, 2008

Instead of pulling into pit row for fuel, at least one team racing a solar-powered electric car in the 2,400-mile North American Solar Challenge will be relying on information provided by NOAAs Surface Radiation Network for vital information about solar energy reaching the Earths surface and their cars solar cells.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080715_solarcar.html

Pennsylvania State University Awarded NOAA Sea Grant Institutional Program Designation - July 15, 2008

NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program has designated Penn State University's Behrend College campus in Erie, Pa., as the Institutional Sea Grant Program for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Through this designation, Pennsylvania Sea Grant becomes the hub for marine and coastal sciences for the state and is responsible for long-term investments consistent with NOAA's national Sea Grant goals of environmental stewardship and responsible resource use.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080715_paseagrant.html

NOAAs Fisheries Service Issues Biological Opinion to Protect Willamette Basin Salmon and Steelhead - July 11, 2008

NOAAs Fisheries Service has issued guidelines and timetables for the three federal agencies involved in the management of 13 dams in northwestern Oregons Willamette River Basin that will allow the dams to be operated and maintained without threatening the continued existence of winter steelhead and chinook salmon, or harming their critical habitat.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080711_willamette.html