In 2007, NOAA celebrated 200 years of science, service, and stewardship.
 

Check out the latest edition to the NOS Education Web pages, where students in grades 3 - 5 can embark on an interactive journey exploring a mysterious message in a bottle and learn about nautical charts along the way.

Visit the new Web site of NOAA@Nauticus to learn about this exciting partnership between NOAA and Nauticus, Virginia's seaport museum in downtown Norfolk. Together, NOAA and Nauticus are developing exhibits and educational programs to enhance scientific and environmental literacy and increase understanding about NOAA.
 

Check out the new educational portion of the NOAA Marine Debris Program Web site, "Marine Debris 101," to learn about the sources of marine debris, impacts marine debris can have on the environment, and solutions to the problem. On this site, you can download informative marine debris brochures, posters, fact sheets, guidebooks, and activity books.

The NOAA Intergrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Program has a new Web site. Learn about IOOS and NOAA's role and partners building IOOS.

Visit the NOAA 200th Celebration Web Site to see how the National Ocean Service has contributed to this 200-year legacy. Learn about our history, including how our charting and coastal mapping pieces have grown since the 1800s. Explore how recent changes have shaped NOAA and NOS initiatives, such as in marine sanctuaries, coastal management, and coastal ecosystem research. Or, take a look at what lies in our future, from remote sensing to spill response.

Learn about coastal population trends between 1980 and 2003 and projected change by 2008.

Visit Tides Online for tide levels arround the U.S.

Search the NOAA Staff Directory

Interested in working at NOAA? Visit the NOAA Careers page.

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