A dire lack of investment in oceangoing vessels means the U.S. ocean sciences community is lagging, scientists say. Three new ...

John Armor, Director of NOAA’s Office of National ... real time monitor of water quality with this vessel. So what it provides is a floating research laboratory," says Rogers.

Nantucket leaders' fear about the economic effect of proposed vessel speed limits are backed by a new study. Limits are intended to protect whales.

Smoke and ash could poison plankton and other organisms that form the foundation of the marine food chain, biologists say.

While the federal funding freeze has lifted, area researchers remain concerned, confused about the future of federally funded climate and resilience projects.

NOAA has withdrawn vessel speed rule changes aimed at strengthening protections for North Atlantic right whales, drawing ...

NOAA Fisheries announced Jan. 15 that it withdrew a proposal that would have expanded existing right whale protections. Collisions with boats traveling at higher speeds are more likely to be fatal to ...

Show full PR text NOAA-led study: Air pollution caused by ships plummets when vessels shift to cleaner, low-sulfur fuels September 12, 2011 NOAA researchers and collaborators used instruments ...

After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right ...

Scientists believe the small crab boarded the research vessel from a plastic bag lifted from the seabed during the coral sampling expedition.

NOAA Fisheries ... right whales against vessel strikes. For researchers at the New England Aquarium, which has one of the world's longest-running right whale research programs, the decision ...