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Guam could lose more control over land, waters with proposed critical habitat designation. Credit - https://www.kuam.com/
Guam could lose more control over land, waters with proposed critical habitat designation
February 10, 2021

The question of how much control we really have when it comes to our land and our waters is one we've been asking ourselves for decades.

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coral reefs, American Samoa. Credit - Shaun Wolfe
NOAA announces sister sanctuary agreement between American Samoa and Palau
December 17, 2020

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Palau’s International Coral Reef Center on marine protected areas, including the establishment of a sister sanctuary arrangement between Puipuiga lautele o le Gataifale o Amerika Samoa

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coral bleaching
New report projects severe coral bleaching globally in this century
November 25, 2020

The United Nations recently released a new report projecting future coral reef bleaching globally.

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A NEMO float, which is part of the Argo program, sits atop the waters of the Arctic Ocean after being deployed from the German icebreaker Polarstern. Credit - ARGO PROGRAM
NOAA's Argo Program Has Been Observing the Oceans for Two Decades
November 13, 2020

The ocean is massive. It covers more than 70 percent of Earth's surface. The Pacific Ocean alone blankets 60 million square miles (155 million square kilometers) of the planet.

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Rare fishes at Kure. Credit: NOAA/Richard Pyle-Bishop Museum
NOAA report reveals condition of natural and cultural resources of Papahānaumokuākea
October 23, 2020

NOAA has published a peer-reviewed State of the Monument report that was jointly produced by the co-trustees of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

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coral reef. credit - Mongabay.com
American Samoa to receive funding from three coral reef grants
October 9, 2020

Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed notification of three grants affecting American Samoa from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including one directly for American Samoa. NOAA is announcing their Coral Reef Conservation funding for 2020, with one grant of

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NOAA cancels several more ecosystem and fishery surveys due to COVID-19. Source - https://www.seafoodsource.com
NOAA cancels several more ecosystem and fishery surveys due to COVID-19
August 7, 2020

NOAA Fisheries has announced that is canceling more fishery and ecosystem surveys that were supposed to take place in 2020, citing the complications created by COVID-19. The new survey cancellations will add to the growing list of surveys that won’t take place in 2020 due to COVID-19. 

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NOAA, Schmidt Ocean Institute team to explore and map the ocean. Courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute
NOAA, Schmidt Ocean Institute team to explore and map the ocean
June 11, 2020

NOAA today announced it will formalize and expand its longstanding partnership with Schmidt Ocean Institute to explore, characterize and map the deep ocean and boost public understanding of the global ocean.

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“NASA” Developed A Video Game To Study Coral Reefs And Human Threats To It: See Who Can Play It?
“NASA” Developed A Video Game To Study Coral Reefs And Human Threats To It: See Who Can Play It?
May 15, 2020

NASA has been using special cameras to check the threats underwater. However, it ended up in complex calculations and failed to understand the threats deeply.

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Elizabeth Steffen, a scientist at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Lab and the University of Hawaii, deploys a Deep Argo float off Hawaii in 2018. The float was tested in preparation for its use in a data-tracking array in the western South Atlantic. NOAA and Vulcan Inc. have been collaborating in the project. (University of Hawaii Photo / Blake Watkins)
NOAA makes a pact with Vulcan to deepen collaboration on ocean science
April 30, 2020

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it has forged a new agreement with Vulcan Inc., the Seattle-based holding company created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, to share data on ocean science and exploration.

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