These stumps are evidence that trees once grew here, but due to a constantly changing shoreline, they are now mostly submerged in the ocean. Maritime forests are shoreline estuaries that grow along ...

NOAA restoration project team assessing oiling of marshes in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. After an oil spill, NOAA conducts studies to identify the extent of damage, the best methods for restoring ...

Nonpoint source pollution, or polluted runoff, is the greatest threat to coastal waters in the United States. Through the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program, NOAA's Office for Coastal ...

Aerial view of Pensacola, Florida collected by NOAA aircraft on October 11, 2026. The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is collecting aerial damage assessment images of coastal areas in the aftermath of ...

Kelvin waves are difficult to see with the naked eye as they are large in scale, slow moving and don't break onshore like typical ocean waves. In this graphic, satellite radar altimetry measurements ...

The U.S. Ocean Enterprise, a thriving ecosystem of businesses connected to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes monitoring, generates approximately $16.4 billion in revenue annually, according to NOAA's ...

NOAA's Office of Coast Survey, part of the National Ocean Service, is the nation's nautical chartmaker. A nautical chart is one of the most fundamental tools available to the mariner. It is a map that ...

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Coral reefs are created by hard, or stony, coral. Soft corals don’t form reefs, but are often found on reefs, adding essential structural complexity to the entire reef ecosystem. Coral reefs begin to ...

Survey towers were used by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey surveyors from the mid-1800s through the 1980s to obtain the clear lines-of-sight needed to conduct the surveys that are the backbone of our ...

NOAA’s aircraft, the Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350CER, is equipped with two downward-facing sensor ports that can support a wide variety of remote sensing systems, including digital cameras, ...