President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Kathryn D. Sullivan, PhD, as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Observation and Prediction.

President Obama announces intent to nominate Kathryn D. Sullivan, PhD, as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Observation and Prediction....

NOAA Hurricane Research Director to Receive AMS Suomi Award

Frank Marks, Ph.D., director of hurricane research at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, will receive the prestigious Verner E. Suomi Award by the American Meteorological Society. Marks will receive the Suomi medallion at the AMS 91st Annual Meeting in Seattle on Jan. 26, 2011....

NOAA Awards $2 Million for Regional Sea Grant Efforts to Fight Aquatic Invasive Species

NOAA today announced $2 million in grants from its National Sea Grant College Program to prevent and control aquatic invasive species. NOAA awarded five regional grants to combat high-priority aquatic invasive species identified by natural resource managers in each region....

NOAA Awards Seven Fisheries Service/Sea Grant Fellowships

The NOAA National Sea Grant College Program has selected seven graduate students to join the group of Sea Grant/NOAA’s Fisheries Service Fellows earning doctoral degrees in either population dynamics or marine resource economics....

NOAA, Spain Announce Cooperative Arrangement to Preserve Maritime Underwater Heritage

NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and Spain’s Ministry of Culture announced today the signing of a memorandum of understanding outlining a framework to jointly identify, protect, manage and preserve underwater cultural resources of mutual interest within their respective areas of responsibility....