You may heard of vegetable coops, meat shares and perhaps even fish shares, now NOAA is advocating “catch shares” for western US fishermen. People can…
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The Creation of a New Deep-Sea Feature
A recent oceanographic survey on the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer led by James V. Gardner, a marine geologist at the University of New Hampshire, discovered…
View More The Creation of a New Deep-Sea FeatureTime to fly
I expected an obstacle course on Commencement Day, just one more hurdle to clear, but the book length manuscript was delivered, and the defense was…
View More Time to flyLubchenco’s 1st Day at NOAA
Was marked by a guest appearance… [From The Washington Post] “She has a fine corner office at 15th and Constitution — nothing fancy, but excellent…
View More Lubchenco’s 1st Day at NOAACan we get excited now?
President Barack Obama signed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 into law yesterday, authorizing sustained funding for ocean exploration, mapping, coastal and ocean…
View More Can we get excited now?One step closer to stimulus
Sheril Kirshenbaum of the new Intersection blog at Discover alerts us that the House passed HR 146 yesterday, so the big ocean bill is one…
View More One step closer to stimulusLubchenco confirmed
Jane Lubchenco, the marine scientist named by President Obama to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, finally took her new job today, after she…
View More Lubchenco confirmedNOAA working with Navy to protect whales
The Supreme Court rebuffed attempts by a California judge to impose limits on the US Navy last November by suspending the use of mid frequency…
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