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This identifies two different communities of these microscopic marine organisms in the ocean off the coast of South Africa on Feb. 28, 2024. The central panel of this image shows Synechococcus in pink and picoeukaryotes in green.
Setting the PACE in Ocean Observations: NOAA Incorporating New NASA Science Mission Data into Operational Ocean Color Observations
NOAA offers a comprehensive set of ocean color products that integrate information from NOAA, NASA, and international partner satellites. These products are used to assess water quality and monitor potentially harmful algal blooms in order to…
Earth from Orbit
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Extreme Ocean Temperatures Are Affecting Florida’s Coral Reef
Since April 2023, NOAA has been monitoring a steady rise in ocean temperatures, which is resulting in unprecedented heat stress conditions in the Cari
Feature Story
chart showing coral bleaching alert levels for 2023
Rising Ocean Temps Raise New Concerns for Coral Reefs
The current marine heat wave is raising new concerns about the potential impact on the fragile coral reefs beneath the ocean’s surface.
Announcement
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NASA Awards Contracts for NOAA Ocean Color Instrument Phase A Study
NASA Awards Contracts for NOAA Ocean Color Instrument Phase A Study
Earth from Orbit
Image of ships along the horn of africa
Earth from Orbit: Cargo Ship Backup Seen from Space
Imagery from the NOAA-20 satellite showed more than 400 cargo ships backed up in the Red Sea and Bitter Lake due to a ship blocking the Suez Canal.
Satellite Snapshots
Remembering 2011’s Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
Ten years ago today, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Honshu on the Japan Trench, a…
Satellite Snapshots
Sargassum Algae Amid the Sargasso Sea
March 08, 2021 NOAA CoastWatch Atlantic OceanViewer, on March 3, 2021, captured imagery of massive amounts of Sargassum algae on the normally crystal…
Satellite Snapshots
Sandwich imagery of Hurricane Eta, GOES East satellite, Nov. 2020.
Hurricane Eta Heads toward Central America
Early on November 2, 2020, the GOES-East satellite watched Tropical Storm Eta strengthen into a hurricane over the Caribbean Sea…