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NOAA News Stories & Other NOAA News Links

NOAA Commissions New Fisheries Survey Ship and Dedicates New Fisheries Service Building in Pascagoula, Miss., November 6, 2009

Explore the NOAA Corps: A Life of Service, Science and Adventure, September 28, 2009

NOAA Announces $13.1 Million Contract to Vigor Marine to Repair Survey Ship, September 24, 2009

The Future of Coastal Mapping Comes From the Past, September 19, 2998

NOAA Scientists Catch Rare Giant Squid, September 21, 2009

NOAA Locates U.S. Navy Ship Sunk in World War II Battle, September 9, 2009

'Hydropalooza' Provides Deeper Understanding of Alaska's Kachemak Bay, August 12, 2009

NOAA and Partners to Survey Ships Sunk off North Carolina in World War II, August 5, 2009

NOAA Selects Newport, Oregon, as New Home of Marine Operations Center-Pacific, August 4, 2009

NOAA and San Francisco's Exploratorium Announce Educational Partnership: First project to focus on NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer, July 24, 2009

NOAA Asks Mariners to Safeguard Pacific Data Buoys, July 22, 2009

NOAA to Study Ocean Currents near Former Munitions Disposal Sites in Hawaii, July 21, 2009 

NOAA Issues Request for Proposals for New Fisheries Survey Vessel, July 20, 2009

New Commander to Direct NOAA's Aircraft Operations, July 14, 2009

NOAA Awards 10-Year Lease to Homeport Research Ship in Davisville, RI, July 7, 2009

Captain Michael S. Devany Takes Command of NOAA’s Atlantic Fleet of Scientific Research Ships, June 17, 2009

NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Helping Scientists Learn About Alaskan Ice Seals, June 2, 2009

NOAA Hurricane Team Embarks on Atlantic Coast Awareness Tour, April 27, 2009

Environmental Educator Selected to Sail Aboard NOAA Ship - NOAA Kicks off 2009 Teacher at Sea Program, April 16, 2009

NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Returns to Puerto Rico to Conduct Coral and Fish Habitat Research, March 26, 2009

NOAA Corps Commander John T. Caskey Takes Command of the NOAA Oceanographic Research Ship Hi`ialakai, February 20, 2009

NOAA Ship John N. Cobb to be Named to National Register of Historic Places, February 18, 2009

NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown Returns to Charleston After Four Months in Eastern Pacific, February 2, 2009

NOAA Twin Otter Aircraft to Support West Coast Ocean Research, Management - Highly capable plane will be based in Monterey, Calif. January 12, 2009

NOAA News Archive

Newspaper, Television and Magazine Stories, Blogs and Video

The links below are to newspaper, magazine and television stories about the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. Providing the links does not imply an endorsement, they are provided for you to read more about our operations and visitors aboard our platforms.

Articles regarding Marine Operations Center Pacific lease and Newport selection

Harpers Ferry man commands ship
The Journal
November 16, 2009

NOAA ship takes Hawaii teachers, students on education cruise
Honolulu Advertiser
November 10, 2009

Commissioning ceremony held in Pascagoula for NOAA ship Pisces
The Mississippi Press
November 7, 2009

New NOAA ship, center celebrated
Sun Herald
November 6, 2009

Students take educational cruise aboard NOAA ship - with video
KGMB Hawaii News Now
November 5, 2009

'Military Family of Year' named in D.C.
WAVY-TV
October 28, 2009

Davisville is home port for NOAA research ship Okeanos Explorer
Providence Journal
October 27, 2009

OSU Researchers find cause of 2008 offshore earthquake swarms
Gazette Times
October 26, 2009

Hurricane chases away workers on Laysan, Tern
Honolulu Advertiser
October 22, 2009

2 islands evacuated ahead of Neki
Honolulu Star Bulletin
October 22, 2009

Getting to the bottom of the Bay's depths: NOAA vessel provides immediate detailed images of underwater terrain, offering up-to-date details for navigation
Bay Journal
October 2009

Technology shows local ocean maps outdated
Seacoastonline (Portsmouth Herald)
October 6, 2009

Researchers use high-tech tools to map ocean floor off the Seacoast
Foster's Daily Democrat
October 6, 2009

Tons of fishing debris hauled in: Trash cleaned from remote reefs to be burned for energy
Honolulu Advertiser
October 1, 2009

Rare giant squid captured by sperm whale researchers in Gulf of Mexico
The Times-Picayune
September 22, 2009

Study Positively Identifies Giant Squid Presence in Gulf of Mexico
Physorg.com
September 21, 2009

Hawaiian divers get first look at reefs of the deep
Monterey County Herald
September 17, 2009

Fantastic voyage
Honolulu Star Bulletin
September 9. 2009

Research vessels visit Rhode Island for turbine studies
The Providence Journal
September 4, 2009

With Danny looming, residents urged to keep an eye on the forecasts
The Boston Globe
August 26, 2009

NOAA makes new charts of Unimak Pass
KUCB News
August 24, 2009

Truro teacher goes on deep sea adventure
Wicked Local: News from the Provincetown Banner
August 16, 2009

Scientists conduct shark survey off US East Coast
Science Blog
August 13, 2009

Into the Eye of a Hurricane; A wild ride in a tricked-out airplane--and insider's guide to storms
Reader's Digest
September 2009 issue

Feature: Surveying at Sea; Built to survey, NOAA Ship Rainier plies the beautiful Pacific Northwest mapping coastal waters using the latest hydrographic equipment
Professional Surveyor
August 2009

NOAA Planes Get First-Hand Look at Felicia; Aircraft Fly as Close as 80 Miles from Storm's Eye  - with video
KITV
August 8, 2009

Hurricane Felicia intensifies to Category 4 Storm
KHON2
August 5, 2009

Ocean exploration as vital as our reach into outer space
Bradenton Herald
July 29, 2009

Fairweather maps Eastern Bering Sea floor
KUCB Public Broadcasting
July 27, 2009

Ocean lover returns to the water: Stepanie Koes is the new commanding officer of the NOAA ship Ka'imimoana
Star Bulletin
July 26, 2009

NOAA, Exploratorium chart a course for science
SFGate, San Francosco Chronicle
July 25, 2009

New high-tech ship will take ocean exploration to new, amazing depths - with video
Inside Bay Area, The Oakland Tribune
July 25/2009

Okeanos Explorer to delve the depths of the seas
cnet news
July 25, 2009

High-tech hurricane hunters vital for forecasters
Tampa Bay Online
July 22, 2009

NOAA to track munitions in sea: Monitors at weapons dumpsites will check environmental effects
Star Bulletin
July 22, 2009

Hurricane Hunter Planes - video
Tampa Bay Online
July 21, 2009

NOAA Studies Ocean Currents off West Oahu - video
KGMB9
July 21, 2009

Scuba enthusiasts train as citizen scientists
Ledger-Enquirer
July 4, 2009

Researchers Survey Mid-Atlantic Ridge Looking for New Forms of Marine Life, Clues to Deep-Sea Communities
Consortium for Ocean Leadership
June 30, 2009

NOAA ship built at Halter being outfitted to study oceans
The Mississippi Press
Saturday, June 20, 2009

Tagging one of five research projects at Gray's Reef
Coastal Courier
June 19, 2009

Researchers explore mysteries of the deep
William & Mary News & Events
June 18, 2009

Tsunami buoys under repair - A NOAA ship works to replace 10 units in the Northwest Pacific
Honolulu Star Bulletin
June 15, 2009

Bering Sea Flights prove viability of university's unmanned aircraft
SitNews
June 15, 2009

For some fish, there's no place like home
Savannah Morning News
June 13, 2009

Pilot flew planes into hurricanes
Daily Record
June 8, 2009

OMS Teacher Ruth Meadows Takes to Sea This Summer
Opelika Daily News
June 5, 2009

Pilots plunge into the eye of the storm
South Tampa News & Tribune
June 3, 2009

University of Alaska Fairbanks aircraft to help monitor seal populations
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.com
June 3, 2009

URI opens Ocean Science and Exploration Center, Pell Marine Science Library
The University of Rhode Island
June 1, 2009

Hail To The NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter
AMVER blog
May 26, 2009

ROV undertakes large scale photographic surveys
Engineer Live.com
May 14, 2009

Gulf of Alaska Marine Mammal Survey
Navy.mil
May 11, 2009

Hurricane Hunter makes offseason trip to ILM
Star News Online
May 7, 2009

Storm surge data go online - Meteorologists and homeowners alike can use Hurricane Center site
The News & Observer
May 7, 2009

Multibeam Sonar (Video)
Oregon Public Broadcasting
March 2009

Wake & the Mariana - NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Division blog
April 19, 2009

NOAA Ship on Saipan
Saipan Tribune
April 18, 2009

Status of Ugak Bay grays unclear
Kodiak Daily Mirror
April 14, 2009

Coast Guard will send mini-subs to wreck of scalloper that claimed six
Press of Atlantic City
April 2, 2009

Pilots take to skies for right whales
Fort Mill Times
March 31, 2009

Into the Blue: The first vessel devoted to oceanic exploration could uncover hidden resources
Popsci.Com
March 13, 2009

Tending NOAA's buoys
Charleston Post & Courier's Tideline Magazine
March 3, 2009

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