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Northern Wildfire Smoke May Cast Shadow on Arctic Warming
"Smoke in the atmosphere temporarily reduces the amount of
solar radiation reaching the surface. This
transitory effect could partly offset some of the warming
caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases and other pollutants,"
said Robert Stone, an atmospheric scientist with the university
and NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences (CIRES).
NOAA Deploys "Smart Buoy” Near Mouth of the Rappahannock River
The buoy will be deployed off Stingray Point, near Deltaville,
Va., to mark the 400th anniversary of Captain John Smith's
exploration of the region. In July 1608, while using a sword
to fish in shallow waters near the mouth of the Rappahannock
River, Smith was stung by a stingray and nearly died.
The peninsula where this incident occurred was later named
"Stingray Point."
NOAA Hosts Educators Climate Change Conference Event Features Presentations by Sally Ride, Susan Solomon
"People are learning so much and are fascinated by climate change these days. Teachers are a key to ensuring that tomorrow's citizens will have the information they need to deal with one of the world's great challenges in an informed way," said Dr. Susan Solomon, senior scientist at the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory.
"National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration" and Partners
Free Juvenile Dolphin from Life-Threatening Debris
Members of the Southeast Regional Marine Mammal Stranding
Network successfully removed a black rubber strap Tuesday
that was wrapped around the head of a juvenile bottlenose
dolphin, averting a life-threatening injury.
Eastern Pacific Fishing Nations Fail to Conserve Tuna
The IATTC’s annual meetings concluded on Friday in Panama without agreement on a plan to conserve yellowfin and bigeye tuna, which have in recent years been subject to overexploitation. The Commission has responsibility for the conservation and management of these shared international fisheries resources, but measures can only be adopted if all Commission members agree.
NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration Poised to Respond as Hurricane Season Starts
With the arrival of hurricane season, NOAA’s Office
of Response and Restoration (OR&R) is prepared to
respond quickly to hazardous material spill incidents resulting
from severe storm events. OR&R scientists work with federal,
state and local agencies to provide scientific support and
assistance before, during and after hurricanes strike.
NOAA Proposes
Rule to Require Saltwater Angler Registration
The proposed rule satisfies the National Academy of Science
National Research Council recommendations to establish a national
database of saltwater anglers, and meets the requirements
under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act. The proposed rule is part of a larger initiative of NOAA’s
Fisheries Service.
California
Sea Lions Seizures May Come From Fetal Domoic Acid Poisoning
Scientists, reporting in the current issue of the online journal
Marine Drugs, state that an increase of epileptic seizures
and behavioral abnormalities in California sea lions can result
from low-dose exposure to domoic acid as a fetus. The findings
follow an analysis earlier this year led by Frances Gulland
of the California Marine Mammal Center that showed this brain
disturbance to be a newly recognized chronic disease.
NOAA
Launches Online Inventory of Marine Protected Areas
NOAA’s National Marine Protected Areas Center,
in cooperation with the Department of the Interior, has created
a first ever online inventory of the nation’s marine
protected areas (MPAs). This unique, comprehensive inventory
catalogs and classifies marine protected areas within US waters,
and was developed with extensive input from state and federal
MPA programs, as well as other publically available data.
NOAA Confirms Caribbean Monk Seal Extinct
Caribbean monk seals were listed as endangered on March 11,
1967, under the Endangered Species Preservation Act, and relisted
under the Endangered Species Act on April 10, 1979. Since
then, several efforts have been made to investigate unconfirmed
reports of the species in or near the Caribbean Sea, Gulf
of Mexico, southern Bahamas, and Greater Antilles.
NOAA Study Shows Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean Dolphin Populations Improving
The numbers of northeastern offshore spotted and eastern spinner dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are increasing after being severely depleted because of accidental death in the tuna purse-seine fishery between 1960 and 1990, according to biologists from NOAA’s Fisheries Service.
NOAA
Predicts Near Normal or Above Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center today announced that projected
climate conditions point to a near normal or above normal
hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin this year. The prediction
was issued at a news conference called to urge residents in
vulnerable areas to be fully prepared for the onset of hurricane
season, which begins June 1.
NOAA
Teams Up With Local Experts to Restore Alabama Shorelines
NOAA has announced plans to invest $1 million over three years
to help restore Alabama’s Mobile Bay, partnering with local
organizations and citizens to reverse the loss of wetlands
caused by coastal development.
NOAA
and Indianapolis Motor Speedway Address Potential Race Day
Weather Hazards
Just in time for the 2008 Indianapolis 500, officials from
NOAA’s Indianapolis National Weather Service office and Indianapolis
Motor Speedway have improved awareness, planning and communications
for protecting race fans from severe weather.
Ozone
Hole Recovery Could Reshape Southern Hemisphere Climate Change
As ozone levels recover, the lower stratosphere over the polar
region will absorb more ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
As a result, intense westerly winds that block air masses
from crossing into the continent’s interior would weaken,
and Antarctica would no longer be isolated from the warming
patterns affecting the rest of the world.
Key
Climate Sensor Restored to NPOESS
Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez today declared a
commercial fishery failure for the West Coast salmon fishery
due to historically low salmon returns. The unprecedented
collapse of the salmon population will hit fishermen, their
families, and fishing communities hard, and that is why we
have moved quickly to declare a fishery disaster,” Gutierrez
said.
Arctic,
Antarctic: Poles Apart in Climate Response
While the Arctic and the Antarctic experience similar greenhouse
gas levels and solar radiation, each region responds in a
dramatically different way, especially in temperature and
loss of sea ice, says an international team of scientists
that includes a NOAA oceanographer. While the Arctic is warming,
most of Antarctica is not, largely because of the ozone hole,
but projections indicate that is likely to change.
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