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‘Backyard Buoys’ to improve vital ocean data access for indigenous and other coastal communities

By Jennie Lyons | NOAA on Oct 28, 2022   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center  

‘Backyard Buoys’ to improve vital ocean data access for indigenous and other coastal communities

A new ocean science effort to improve equity and inclusion is underway, thanks to a $4.98 million cooperative agreement to three regional associations of the NOAA-led U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System. The National Science Foundation (NSF) provided the funds through a cooperative agreement for Backyard Buoys, a project to improve ocean data access for Indigenous […]

Researchers Probe Explosion in the Number of Pyrosomes off Alaska

By Jennie Lyons | NOAA on Nov 8, 2017   At Sea, Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center  

Researchers Probe Explosion in the Number of Pyrosomes off Alaska

Researchers at NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center are reporting a never-before-seen phenomenon in Alaska waters—an influx of strange organisms that resemble flattened, translucent sea pickles. It may sound like déjà vu. A similar story made headlines along the West Coast last summer, but this is a new situation for Alaska.  Scientists call these jelly-like organisms pyrosomes. The creatures […]

Successful Conservation Efforts Pay Off for Humpback Whales

By Jennie Lyons | NOAA on Sep 8, 2016   At Sea, Featured, Science/Education  

Successful Conservation Efforts Pay Off for Humpback Whales

  Endangered humpback whales in nine of 14 newly identified distinct population segments have recovered enough that they don’t warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act, NOAA Fisheries said Tuesday. International conservation efforts to protect and conserve whales over the past 40 years proved successful for most populations. Four of the distinct population segments are […]

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