Northern Gulf: Beach Closures and Advisories
By Nadine Slimak
/ July 10, 2019
A massive influx of freshwater sent down the Mississippi River due to heavy rains throughout the basin is wreaking havoc on coastal communities...
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2019 Gulf Dead Zone
By Nadine Slimak
/ July 10, 2019
NOAA scientists are forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone or ‘dead zone’ — an area of low to no oxygen that...
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Submit Now: Gulf Beach Photo ‘Contest’
By Nadine Slimak
/ July 10, 2019
GCOOS is developing an app, "All Things Beaches," which will be a comprehensive source for current conditions at Gulf of Mexico Beaches. It...
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GOMA Meeting Showcases the Gulf
By Nadine Slimak
/ July 9, 2019
Congrats to the Gulf of Mexico Alliance for a successful All-Hands Meeting in Alabama in June. GOMA welcomed more than 425 participants and...
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Citizen Science
By Nadine Slimak
/ June 6, 2019
About this product: Citizen Science Launch Volunteers and students are gathering valuable water quality data all the time. The Citizen Science product collects...
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CSI: Death on a Coral Reef
By Nadine Slimak
/ June 4, 2019
One by one, divers dropped into the water from the M/V Fling, a live-aboard charter boat that specializes in recreational diving trips to...
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Harmful Algal Blooms
By Nadine Slimak
/ May 28, 2019
Harmful Algal Blooms There are thousands of species of algae — phytoplankton — in fresh and marine waters worldwide. They are essential to...
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GCAN In Action
By Nadine Slimak
/ February 28, 2019
NOAA Deputy Director Dwight Gledhill and Jennifer Vreeland-Dawson, Coordinator of the Gulf of Mexico’s Ocean Acidification Network (GCAN), attended the recent Ocean Conservancy...
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C-SCAMP Update
By Nadine Slimak
/ February 28, 2019
The Continental Shelf Characterization, Assessment and Mapping Project (C-SCAMP) Steering Committee met in February to showcase project successes and discuss next steps. This...
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Invasive Species
By Nadine Slimak
/ February 27, 2019
About this Product: Interactive Maps of Lionfish and Asian Tiger Shrimp Launch Lionfish Viewer Launch Asian Tiger Shrimp Viewer These map-based products visualize...
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Bathymetry
By Nadine Slimak
/ February 27, 2019
About this product: Bathymetry Launch Bathymetry is the study of underwater depth and topography. This bathymetry data inventory contains various models and sources...
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Teaching the Teachers
By Nadine Slimak
/ February 4, 2019
GCOOS partner Natures Academy hosted an EPA Gulf of Mexico Program-funded workshop targeting informal and formal educators Feb. 1-2 at their field classroom...
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Beyond the Gulf: Real-Time AUV Tracking
By Nadine Slimak
/ January 30, 2019
The GCOOS data portal used to track Gulf glider missions in real-time has proven so popular and easy-to-use by glider operators that we're...
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GCOOS Data Portal
By Nadine Slimak
/ January 25, 2019
About this Product: GCOOS Data Portal Launch The GCOOS Data Portal is a comprehensive source of near real-time observations in the Gulf of...
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Red Tide Respiratory Forecast
By Nadine Slimak
/ December 13, 2018
About this Product: Red Tide Respiratory Forecast Launch The Red Tide Respiratory Forecast is a beach-level risk forecast activated during red tide conditions...
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Hypoxia & Nutrients
By Nadine Slimak
/ December 13, 2018
About This Product: Hypoxia & Nutrients Launch The hypoxia & nutrients data portal is a historical collection of data representing all available parameters...
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Temperature & Salinity Profiles
By Nadine Slimak
/ December 12, 2018
About this Product: Temperature & Salinity Profiles Launch This is a data archive of mean temperature and salinity profiles for the Gulf of...
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Weather
By Nadine Slimak
/ December 12, 2018
About this Product: Weather Launch This is a comprehensive map-based tool showing current weather conditions and predictions for the Gulf of Mexico and...
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Gliders
By Nadine Slimak
/ December 12, 2018
About this Product: Gliders Launch The main feature of this product is a tool that tracks and maps gliders currently deployed in the...
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Hurricanes
By Nadine Slimak
/ December 12, 2018
About this Product: Hurricanes Launch This product provides information needed to monitor the strength and movement of tropical systems and how to prepare...
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