Category: Ocean Awareness

NOAA and Partners Deploy Mini Ocean Robots to Collect Hurricane Data

9/4/2025 - By research.noaa.gov. The 4-foot-long robots aim to deliver low-cost data for research and forecasting. NOAA, in partnership with The University of Southern Mississippi and with the robotics company Oshen, launched five small uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) called C-Stars in the waters off the U.S. Virgin Islands on August 31st to collect critical data… SEE MORE

Undersea Conversations: How Fish Keep The Peace in a Noisy Ocean

9/2/2025 - By Rachel Plunkett. Ever wonder how fish manage to hear each other in a noisy ocean? Picture a crowded cocktail party. Everyone's talking at once—but instead of chaos, people instinctively adjust: spreading out or speaking at different pitches. It's a social dance that helps everyone be heard. Underwater, something similar… SEE MORE

Mapping the Waters of Valdez, Alaska for Tsunami and Landslide Preparedness

7/31/2025 - By oceanservice.noaa.gov. A new partnership between NOAA and the City of Valdez, Alaska will help emergency managers prepare for future earthquakes, tsunamis, and underwater landslides. This partnership will support mapping 34 square nautical miles of the Port of Valdez — an important gateway to interior Alaska. A devastating earthquake in 1964 caused… SEE MORE

The Gentle Wisdom of Pacific Rockfish: A Story of Natural Adaptation

7/29/2025 - By US Harbors. Discovering how one of the ocean's most patient survivors navigates changing waters—and what it teaches West Coast anglers. Something beautiful is unfolding beneath Pacific waters. As ocean conditions gently shift and change, black rockfish have revealed a survival approach that speaks to nature's quiet wisdom: they're thoughtfully… SEE MORE

First Bowhead Whale Sighting in Southeast Alaska

7/23/2025 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. A new scientific paper discusses the first NOAA Fisheries record of a bowhead whale in Southeast Alaska. It is only the second documented sighting of this Arctic species in the eastern North Pacific, south of the Aleutian Islands. The whale was observed by a team of scientists working in Sitka… SEE MORE

Celebrating Habitat Month

7/17/2025 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. Join us in celebrating Habitat Month 2025! Learn about how NOAA Fisheries' Office of Habitat Conservation is working to restore habitat to support fisheries, protected species, and coastal communities. July is Habitat Month at NOAA Fisheries! All month long, we’ll be sharing how we protect and restore habitat to sustain… SEE MORE

NOAA Fisheries Designates Critical Habitat for Five Corals in U.S. Waters in the Pacific Islands

7/15/2025 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. Designating critical habitat for threatened Pacific Islands corals will help us protect them for generations to come. If you had to describe corals in one word, what would it be? Maybe “colorful,” “amazing,” or “vibrant” come to mind? One word that definitely suits them is “powerhouse.” Corals do… SEE MORE

Expedition on E/V Nautilus to Explore Lost Shipwrecks of Iron Bottom Sound

7/11/2025 - By oceanexplorer.noaa.gov. Located in the Solomon Islands, Iron Bottom Sound was the site of five major naval battles during the early years of the Pacific campaign during World War II. Over 100 naval vessels were lost during battles here, but only 30 have been located, and at least 21 remain… SEE MORE

Five Reasons Seamounts Matter

7/1/2025 - By sanctuaries.noaa.gov. Just like on land, there are vast mountains that lie deep beneath the ocean’s waters. Seamounts are underwater mountains that rise at least 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) from the surrounding seafloor, most of which include the remains of extinct volcanoes. These submarine mountains can be found in every ocean basin… SEE MORE

Swim into Sea Turtle Week

6/29/2025 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. [caption id="attachment_51021" align="alignright" width="361"] Image Credits: fisheries.noaa.gov.[/caption] NOAA Fisheries recently observed Sea Turtle Week (June 9–16), raising awareness about the importance of protecting these vital members of marine ecosystems worldwide. Swimming in Earth’s oceans for tens of millions of years, sea turtles lead incredible lives. They migrate across oceans and… SEE MORE