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Two people in hardhats on a ship work with a large piece of equipment that contains chambers to sample water from the U.S. Gulf.
NOAA and partners find smaller-than-anticipated hypoxic zone in Gulf of America

Tropical Storm Bertha reduces the size of the zone.

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New study documents whale cooperation

In the waters of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, humpback whales are working together to hunt fish.

SANCTUARIES
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Explore 30 years of environmental restoration

A new interactive case map allows users to search and view over 148 nationwide cases and pollution events.

COASTAL RECOVERY
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The USS Monitor, part 1: history and legacy

In our latest podcast episode, we discuss the history of the ship and why its sinking is still important today.

E.C. Hogg, a TRAP program participant, pulls up a derelict crab pot in February 2025. (Photo credit: John Wallace, William & Mary’s VIMS & Batten School).
How removing lost crab traps is helping map the Chesapeake Bay

A partnership is turning routine vessel activity and lost crab trap removal into a new source of bathymetric data.

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Transforming Chesapeake Bay water forecasting

NOAA partners launch new environmental modeling and forecasting tools.

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