NOAA has released the Gulf of Alaska Atlas Rollout and Webtool Planning Workshop Series Report, summarizing input gathered during a series of public engagement workshops held in Anchorage, Juneau, and ...

NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) socioeconomic team has published a new report, which presents primary ...

This project began in October 2026 and is ongoing. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) of the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis, also known as red tide, bloom nearly annually along the southwest Florida Gulf ...

As coastal communities face growing challenges from sea level rise and flooding, Pocomoke City, Maryland, is taking a proactive step toward long-term resilience planning. An NCCOS-funded ...

Saltwater tidal flooding along Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. Image Credit: NOAA NCCOS has announced nearly $4.1 million in funding for 16 projects that will help facilitate informed ...

This article was originally published as a NOAA National Ocean Service web story. As part of water quality data collection, cross-sectional field parameters are recorded at the Mississippi River at ...

Low dune profile with a diversity of grass and herbaceous species. A new study provides coastal managers with a clearer picture of why some dunes stand their ground during hurricanes while others wash ...

It is important to note that the Atlas does not identify AOAs, but is instead an important step to provide peer-reviewed spatial mapping analyses that inform the AOA identification process. The ...

An NCCOS-supported research team developed a new model to rapidly simulate flood patterns in Miami, Florida, and better manage storm hazards. The model introduces a novel approach to represent the ...

Accumulated sargassum along the shoreline at Candelero Beach, Palmas del Mar, Puerto Rico, undergoing decomposition. As it decomposes, the sargassum darkens in color and releases hydrogen sulfide, ...

A recent NOAA-funded study by researchers at the University of Florida’s Coastal & Oceanographic Engineering Program sheds light on the factors behind the devastating flooding caused by Hurricanes ...

In July 2025, unusual mortalities of marine mammals and seabirds in and around Kachemak Bay, Alaska coincided with high bloom levels of the potentially harmful phytoplankton Pseudo-nitzschia. This ...