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The Mystery of the Entangled Oregon Orca

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1/3/2023 - By fisheries.noaa.gov Intensive search for killer whale carcass leads to an answer hidden in its DNA. The black-and-white pattern of a killer whale stood out to an Oregon fisherman. He was heading home to port about 30 miles southwest of Newport on June 26 at 1:47 p.m. The problem was… SEE MORE
  • fishing
  • Orcas
  • Oregon
  • whales
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Hibernating Corals and the Microbiomes that Sustain Them

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1/2/2023 - By ecomagazine.com As winter approaches, many species of animals— from bears and squirrels to parasitic wasps and a few lucky humans—hunker down for some needed rest. The northern star coral (Astrangia poculata) also enters a hibernating state of dormancy, or quiescence, during this time. But what happens to its microbiome… SEE MORE
  • corals
  • hibernating
  • Reefs
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NASA Launches International Mission to Survey Earth’s Water

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12/23/2022 - By nasa.gov A satellite built for NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) to observe nearly all the water on our planet’s surface lifted off on its way to low-Earth orbit at 3:46 a.m. PST on Friday. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft also… SEE MORE
  • NASA
  • Satellite
  • water
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Breathing Life into the Ocean

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12/15/2022 - By earthobservatory.nasa.gov From global to regional scales, images from satellites portray the dynamic beauty of the world’s oceans. Each view reveals something unique, from the seasonal pulses of life to the colorful signature of phytoplankton blooms. Almost all life in the ocean depends on tiny photosynthetic organisms known as phytoplankton.… SEE MORE
  • coast
  • Ocean Exploration
  • Ocean Mapping
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When Will Electrification Come to Boating?

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11/15/2022 - By Soundings Trade Only. New technologies are augmenting electric propulsion in boats, but battery standards and charging infrastructure are still developing. Electrification has been an increasingly common buzzword in the marine industry, especially in the past four to five years. Most notably, the recreational marine industry is seeing advancements in… SEE MORE
  • boating
  • Electric Boats
  • Marinas
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NOAA’s New Satellite to Help Improve Extreme Weather Predictions

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  • Weather & Tides
11/10/2022 - By NOAA NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2), the third in a series of five advanced polar-orbiting satellites, blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at  1:49 a.m. PST today. The satellite will join its predecessors, Suomi NPP and NOAA-20, as they circle the globe 14 times a day,… SEE MORE
  • Extreme Weather
  • NOAA
  • Weather Forecasting
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The Beauty and Fragility of Coral Reefs

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  • Environment
  • Science
9/14/2022 - By Rachel Ross. Coral reefs are large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of colonial marine invertebrates called coral. The coral species that build reefs are known as hermatypic, or "hard," corals because they extract calcium carbonate from seawater to create a hard, durable exoskeleton that protects their soft, sac-like… SEE MORE
  • conservation
  • Coral
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/learning-about-elusive-mysterious-alaska-sharks-through-partnerships-and-electronic

Learning About Elusive, Mysterious Alaska Sharks

  • Coastal News
  • Fishing
  • Science
9/12/2022 - By NOAA Fisheries. Keeping shark populations healthy is an important part of ecosystem-based management for sustainable fisheries and resilient fishing communities. But getting the information needed to effectively manage Pacific sleeper sharks, salmon sharks, and other large Alaska sharks is challenging. “Data on these sharks are hard to get. They’re… SEE MORE
  • Alaska
  • NOAA Fisheries
  • Sharks
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New Crab Shell and Zinc Battery Shows Promise

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  • Science
9/8/2022 - A rechargeable battery made from crab shells and zinc could store wind and solar energy, and then its parts can either safely biodegrade within a matter of years or be recycled. The key is chitosan, a compound derived from chitin, a substance found in crab and shrimp shells. The battery… SEE MORE
  • Environment
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-

Shipwreck Off Patagonia is Likely Long Lost Whaler

  • Boating
  • Coastal News
  • Culture
  • Science
9/6/2022 - By Eco Magazine. Scientists investigating the remains of an old wooden ship off the cold, windy coast of far southern Argentina say it almost certainly is the Dolphin, a globe-trotting whaling ship from Warren, R.I., lost in 1859. Archaeologists have spent years researching the ship's origin without making a definitive… SEE MORE
  • history
  • Shipwreck
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