Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Archives - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

AOML leads National Coral Reef Monitoring Program operations throughout the Atlantic

AOML Communications — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:12:36 +0000

The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) led by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program is the largest monitoring effort globally to support the conservation of reefs. Scientists with NOAA’s AOML Coral Program and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) lead the monitoring efforts in the Gulf of America, Caribbean and the Atlantic […]

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Offspring of opportunity: First-ever spawn collected from urban corals in Miami could bolster future reefs

AOML Communications — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:21:17 +0000

Scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) have successfully overseen the first-ever crossbreeding between grooved brain corals (Diploria labyrinthiformis) collected from a highly urbanized site in PortMiami and a nearby reef – a breakthrough that could revolutionize efforts to restore local coral reefs.

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Scientist at AOML selected as member of NOAA in the Caribbean Executive Team

Chris Malanuk — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:40:58 +0000

Jen McWhorter, Ph.D., a Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Science (CIMAS) Assistant Scientist with AOML’s Ocean Biogeochemistry and Physical Oceanography teams, has been selected to serve a one year term as a member of the NOAA in the Caribbean Executive Team. As a member of the Executive Team, McWhorter will help provide strategic direction […]

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AOML is honored with NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award

Chris Malanuk — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:28:09 +0000

Phytoplankton covering the ocean’s surface are responsible for over 50% of the oxygen that has been produced on Earth. In a spoonful of oceanwater, there are thousands of these microscopic organisms of different species. And without them, most – if not all – marine food webs would collapse. Studying what species comprise planktonic communities in […]

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New study indicates Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease may be inhibited by warmer waters

Chris Malanuk — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:59:45 +0000

Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) is the deadliest known coral disease to species with a hard skeleton (i.e., Scleractinians), causing rapidly-expanding, bare lesions to form across a coral’s skeleton until there is no more living tissue. The pathogen or microbes leading to the spread of this disease have yet to be identified. Yet scientists […]

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Ocean Month: How and why we investigate ocean acidification

AOML Communications — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:13:43 +0000

The ocean and the atmosphere are constantly seeking balance. Gases like oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon move between the ocean’s surface and the atmosphere by billions of metric tons every year. A higher concentration of one gas in the atmosphere leads to more of that gas being taken up by the ocean as the two try […]

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A new model predicts dynamic seawater chemistry on Florida’s coral reefs

Chris Malanuk — Thu, 29 May 2025 21:00:33 +0000

Water masses move over reefs, seagrass beds, and sandbanks – and as they do, the seawater chemistry changes. In the Florida Keys, changes in coral reef carbonate chemistry are driven by benthic metabolism, the origin of the water mass, and the connectivity of habitats. A new study from NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) […]

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Australia to Thailand: I09N GO-SHIP cruise completes voyage

AOML Communications — Wed, 28 May 2025 14:44:32 +0000

After nearly 40 days at sea, the I09N GO-SHIP cruise (short for “Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program”) aboard the R/V Thomas G. Thompson arrived in Phuket, Thailand on April 27th, successfully completing its mission surveying both the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. After departing from Fremantle, Australia on March 21st, the international team of researchers spent weeks collecting data essential for investigating global changes in ocean physics, chemistry, and biology.

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Chris Malanuk — Thu, 15 May 2025 18:05:43 +0000

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Dive into urban corals with AOML’s newest VR experience

AOML Communications — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:49:32 +0000

For the past three years, scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Science have been uncovering the secrets behind the extraordinary resilience of corals in PortMiami. Now, you can dive into their groundbreaking research like never before with a new virtual reality experience, Unlocking the […]

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